Only 252 FIRs out of 9,300 cybercrime plaints in 5 years
TNN | Updated: Apr 8, 2019, 06:07 IST
Representative imageCHANDIGARH: Conversion rate of com plaints into FIRs is astoundingly poor for the cyber cell of the Chandigarh Police — only 252 out of 9,316 received from January 1, 2014, to March 31, 2019.
According to police, the main reason is because complainants and the accused reach a compromise in a maximum number of incidents. Cops in the cyber cell told TOI most of the complaints were related to online stalking, sending lewd messages on mobile phones and uploading foul comments on social media. “In these cases women do not want to register FIRs. Their only motive behind lodging a complaint is to stop the accused from harassing them. As a result, most of the complaints are disposed of without lodging any FIRs,” they said. Police said FIRs mainly get registered in cases related to online and ATM fraud.
According to the data, the number of complaints has doubled in the five years. As many as 1,169 complaints were filed with the cyber cell in 2014 but only 37 FIRs registered. That year cyber cell had claimed to solve 32 cases with the arrest of 18 accused. The next year, the complaints rose to 1,412 and FIRs to 95, with cyber cell solving 69 cases with the arrest of 28 persons.
Similarly, the cyber cell received 1,480 complaints and lodged 40 FIRs in 2016, arresting 40 persons to solve 33 cases. The story was not different in 2017. Out of 2,202 complaints only 43 FIRs were registered, with 30 persons arrested and 41 cases solved. Last year, 2,202 complaints were received and 35 FIRs registered. Only nine cases were solved and 15 persons arrested. As many as 811 complaints were received, while two FIRs lodged in the first three months of this year so far.
TOI made a number of attempts to contact Rashmi Yadav, DSP, cyber cell, but she did not respond to the messages.
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Police said the main motive behind women lodging complaints related to online stalking, sending lewd messages on mobile phones and uploading foul comments on social media is to make the accused stop harassing them. So, most of the complaints are disposed of without lodging any FIRs, cops said
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According to police, the main reason is because complainants and the accused reach a compromise in a maximum number of incidents. Cops in the cyber cell told TOI most of the complaints were related to online stalking, sending lewd messages on mobile phones and uploading foul comments on social media. “In these cases women do not want to register FIRs. Their only motive behind lodging a complaint is to stop the accused from harassing them. As a result, most of the complaints are disposed of without lodging any FIRs,” they said. Police said FIRs mainly get registered in cases related to online and ATM fraud.
According to the data, the number of complaints has doubled in the five years. As many as 1,169 complaints were filed with the cyber cell in 2014 but only 37 FIRs registered. That year cyber cell had claimed to solve 32 cases with the arrest of 18 accused. The next year, the complaints rose to 1,412 and FIRs to 95, with cyber cell solving 69 cases with the arrest of 28 persons.
Similarly, the cyber cell received 1,480 complaints and lodged 40 FIRs in 2016, arresting 40 persons to solve 33 cases. The story was not different in 2017. Out of 2,202 complaints only 43 FIRs were registered, with 30 persons arrested and 41 cases solved. Last year, 2,202 complaints were received and 35 FIRs registered. Only nine cases were solved and 15 persons arrested. As many as 811 complaints were received, while two FIRs lodged in the first three months of this year so far.
TOI made a number of attempts to contact Rashmi Yadav, DSP, cyber cell, but she did not respond to the messages.
Goal is to make accused back off: Cops
Police said the main motive behind women lodging complaints related to online stalking, sending lewd messages on mobile phones and uploading foul comments on social media is to make the accused stop harassing them. So, most of the complaints are disposed of without lodging any FIRs, cops said
Are cops doing enough to stop cybercrime in the Tricity?
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