February 18, 2019 9:06 PM

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Cyber crimes pose challenge to traditional policing: Home Minister

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that cyber crimes pose a challenge to traditional policing and called upon the Police personnel to enhance their skills to tackle threats posed from the cyber world. <br />''<br />''Mr Singh was speaking after inaugurating the Cyber Prevention, Awareness and Detection Centre (CyPAD) of the Delhi Police in New Delhi today. He said, CyPAD will deal with crypto-currency frauds and international tech-supported frauds. <br />''<br />''Mr Singh said, the Internet is a platform not only aiding the evolution of social media, but also crucial to online banking, shopping and remotely operated systems in the industry. <br />''<br />''The Minister said, the country has to develop an institutional mechanism for undertaking timely assessment of challenges in the cyberspace and securing it for the common man.<br />''<br />''The Minister said, the government has initiated several steps in the last more than four years to deal with cyber crimes. This includes setting up of an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Phone Frauds. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Under the Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children scheme, the online cybercrime reporting portal </span><a href="http://cybercrime.gov.in/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://cybercrime.gov.in&source=gmail&ust=1550583081579000&usg=AFQjCNFsFidAIHoP4DK5CALr0apBSDYeqA">cybercrime.gov.in</a><span style="color: #222222;"> has been operationalized.</span><br />

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