Cops’ crackdown on cyber criminals

An initiative by the city police to track and trap cyber criminals through the use of information technology (IT), scientific techniques and forensic science seems to be paying dividends as many cases of cyber crime have been cracked by the police in the past few days.

Claiming to have solved yet another case of cheating by a gang of cyber criminals, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Rakesh Agrawal said eight members of a pan-India gang of cyber criminals had been busted by the police and coordinated efforts were being made with the police stations concerned and police heads of respective states to apprehend the criminals who had allegedly cheated city residents of Rs 6.42 lakh by posing as fake customer care executives of Airtel company.