Digital crime on rise, MHA helps 18 states to get cyber forensic labs

New Delhi: With rising cyber crime cases across the country, 18 states have got state-of-the-art cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories. These laboratories, set up with the help of the Ministry of Home Affairs, have helped the law enforcement agencies in cracking thousands of cyber crime cases, including child pornography.

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the cybercrime cases registered in 2017, 2018 and 2019 were 21,796, 27,248 and 44,546 respectively. This includes 46 cases of cyber terrorism, registered under Section 66F of the Information Technology Act, 2000, during the same period.