Shift jurisdiction of investigating cyber frauds to location of accused: Haryana Police to MHA

Haryana Police’s State Crime Branch has asked the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that to curtail the rising cybercrimes across the country, it would be better if the “jurisdiction of investigating a cyber fraud is shifted to the state of the offender rather than the state of the complainant”.

“Cybercriminals execute frauds with victims of distant states for easy escape from police authorities. Hence, jurisdiction area may be shifted from state of the victim to state of the accused for instant apprehension of the cybercriminals and their organised structure,” Haryana Police state crime branch’s cyber cell has suggested to MHA in a meeting held on February 6 under the chairmanship of special secretary (internal security), MHA.