Cyber Safety Bureau to ensure enhanced vigil on cyber crimes: Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar

HYDERABAD: Director-General of Police of Telangana Anjani Kumar has said that Telangana Police is at the forefront of the country by taking strict measures to prevent cyber crimes and cyber safety. Anjani Kumar spoke at an online conference on Cyber Security-2023 on Wednesday. The Conference was organized by Global Counter Terrorism Council and Digital India from New Delhi.

Speaking on the topic of National Architecture for Cyber Space Management by Telangana Government, the DGP said that Telangana was the first state to establish a Cyber Safety Bureau to investigate and prevent cyber crimes. He said that around 600 leading IT companies of the world, including Microsoft, were established in Hyderabad and around 10 lakh IT employees and professionals were working here.

There were significant number of cyber literates in Hyderabad and surrounding areas.

However, he said that cyber crimes had increased as was happening all over the world. As many as 2,691 cyber-based cases were registered in the state in 2019, 5,024 in 2020, 10,303 in 2021 and 15,217 in 2022.

The Cyber Security Bureau had been specially formed to face the challenges in cyber security. Over 500 officers and staff were appointed in this bureau set up at the Integrated Command and Control Center.

The DGP said that cyber crime investigation teams had been formed in every district of the state. Cyber crime complaints were registered through toll free number 1930 and 100.

In respect of cyber-based financial crimes, Rs.65 crores had been recovered. Large-scale awareness programs were being conducted to face the increasing threats of cyber crimes. Police officers had been trained as cyber warriors in 800 police stations of the state to face cyber crime.