Patna. In view of the increasing cyber crime, the government has now planned to work under a special strategy to deal with it. Economic Offenses Unit (EOU) DIG Manavjit Singh Dhillon

told on Monday that a proposal to open four cyber police stations in Patna has been given to the SSP to deal with cyber crime. Along with this, three additional DSPs will also be deployed who will investigate and monitor cyber related cases. Dhillon was talking to the press at the Police Headquarters on Monday.

Five districts of the state are hot spots of cyber crime

Dhillon said that five districts of the state have been marked as hot spots of cyber crime. These districts are Patna, Sheikhpura, Nawada, Nalanda and Jamui. He said that one cyber police station has been notified in every police district of the state. A total of 44 cyber police stations are working in all the 44 police districts of the state.

The Economic Offenses Unit is the state level nodal unit for all these cyber police station related issues. He informed that so far this year, 301 cases of digital arrest have come to light. Through which an amount of about Rs 10 crore was embezzled, although success was also achieved in holding an amount of 1.6 crore.

Many citizens have not returned to Bihar till now

Manavjit Singh Dhillon said that the link of many cases of cyber crime has been found from South-East Asian countries like Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Malaysia. 374 Bihari citizens who went to these countries were identified, many of whom have not returned till now.

In these cases, eight travel agencies were verified, of which two are Bihar based and six are Delhi-NCR agencies. The information of the agencies has been shared with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of External Affairs, so that the trapped people can be rescued.

16.40 lakh calls received
He said that as compared to 2022, a total of 16.40 lakh calls were received on NCRP helpline 1930 till November in 2024. Out of which 15.73 lakh calls were answered, which is about 96 percent of the total calls.
In the year 2024, Bihar has consistently been in the top five positions in receiving calls related to cyber crime and taking action on it.
He said that the GST department and the Ministry of Company Affairs have been contacted for verification of online examination centers. After getting the data from GST and the Ministry, verification of online examination centers will be started.