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Karnataka orders all cybercrime cases moved to dedicated police stations
Karnataka orders all cybercrime cases moved to dedicated police stations
Karnataka's Director General and Inspector General of Police, Alok Mohan, has ordered all cybercrime and IT Act cases to be transferred to dedicated cybercrime police stations across the state. The order applies…
Karnataka's Director General and Inspector General of Police, Alok Mohan, has ordered all cybercrime and IT Act cases to be transferred to dedicated cybercrime police stations across the state. The order applies to both new and pending cases currently registered at jurisdictional law and order police stations.
However, local stations must continue registering fresh cybercrime complaints and IT Act cases, after which the cases will be moved to the specialist units for investigation. The directive aims to centralise expertise and improve case handling, though implementation depends on compliance by individual stations.
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Karnataka has long struggled with cybercrime case backlogs because complaints filed at local stations often lacked investigators trained in digital forensics. The state set up dedicated cybercrime police stations in 2016 under a Home Department circular, but the order now makes it mandatory, not optional. Karnataka recorded 18,599 cybercrime cases in 2024, according to the National Crime Records Bureau, among the highest nationally. Transferring cases to specialist stations can improve recovery rates for stolen funds and reduce investigation delays. The real measure will be whether local stations comply and whether the dedicated stations have the staff and forensic tools to handle the added load. The order takes effect immediately.
Source: deccanherald.com
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