Amid rise in cyber crimes, Haryana to speed up training of over 5,000 cops

Amid rising cyber crimes, the state crime branch of Haryana Police has decided to speed up online training of over 5,000 willing policemen and officers in cyber crime investigation on the portal of National Cybercrime Training Centre (CyTrain), which has been developed by the Central government to train police personnel on aspects of cyber crime.

The move has been initiated so that the police can cope with the rising number of users of networked devices, leading to a higher number of cyber crimes. After awareness activities of the crime branch over cyber crimes, reporting of complaints has increased by 136% in the past couple of months in the state.