450 students hired as interns by Chandigarh cyber cell

AT LEAST 450 students out of 1,500, studying computer related professional courses, were selected for cyber internship with the UT Police Cyber Crime Investigation Cell (CCIC), for two and half months. The interns were hired in a bid to increase the reach of CCIC to spread awareness about the types of cyber crime and methods to prevent from falling into traps of criminals. This is the second slot of 450 interns, to be called Cyber Warriors, working with the UT Police. The first batch of 250 interns was selected in the months of January-February.

At least 28,000 school students studying in around 90 schools including government and private, were educated about the types of cyber crimes in the last four months.