Cyber wing recovers Rs 84L of victims in eight months

Setting a record of sorts, the cyber crime unit of the Ludhiana Commissionerate has recovered Rs 84.27 lakh hard-earned money of city residents which was taken away by cyber crooks by resorting to different kinds of online frauds in eight months.

It became possible after Ludhiana Commissioner of Police Mandeep Singh Sidhu empowered the cyber unit with latest tools and equipment to ensure speedy and timely tracking of online frauds along with recovery of stolen cash.

Revealing more on the matter, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Rupinder Kaur Bhatti told The Tribune here on Wednesday that the cyber wing acts on complaints being received through the Punjab Grievance Division (PGD portal)