Caught in a web | CEN stations in Bengaluru woefully understaffed; personnel to be augmented over two years
11 months ago

Caught in a web | CEN stations in Bengaluru woefully understaffed; personnel to be augmented over two years

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently announced that each of the Cybercrime, Economic offences, Narcotics police stations, which are at the forefront of fighting cybercrimes in the city, will henceforth be headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police. There are eight CEN stations in the city, one each in every police division, and each of these stations booked at least over a thousand cybercrime cases in 2023. This is after the city police began to register cybercrime cases in law and order police stations as well, reducing the caseload at CEN stations. Out of 12,292 cybercrime cases registered at eight CEN stations in the city in 2023, only 1,079 have been detected and a whopping 9,083 cases are still “under investigation”. “Once the new batches come in over the next two years, the strength of each of these CEN stations will go up to nearly 60 personnel,” said Mr. Dayananda.

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