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New Delhi: The government and law enforcement agencies are trying their best to make people aware and alert about cyber crimes and frauds through digital arrests. It is being told through advertisements and promotional media that people should not be afraid, the police does not arrest anyone digitally, but experts believe that this will not happen. There is a responsibility on service providers like telecom companies and banks to curb the increasing cases of cyber crime, where calls are made from fake SIMs and where money is withdrawn by opening accounts, there is also a need to punish the criminals, experts said. Believes that banks and service providers should be held accountable. Cyber crime can be curbed only by removing procedural loopholes.
Muktesh Chandra, special monitor of cyber crime and AI at the National Human Rights Commission and former IPS, says that there are two important parts of the crime. First SIM card and second bank account. Where are these two coming from? Accountability should be put on those service providers because their people are involved somewhere. Crime can be stopped by catching them. According to the rules, 10 SIM cards can be issued in one name. If someone takes one SIM, then nine fake SIMs are issued in his name. TRAI's rules for telecom companies providing mobile services are term sale, with a fine of Rs 50,000 if a SIM is found to be fake. Muktesh says that it should be found out how much fine has been imposed on which company and how much has been recovered. If the company imposes a fine of Rs 50,000 on every fake SIM, then the issue of fake SIMs can stop. The second number is of bank accounts, action should be taken against the manager of the bank branch of the district involved in the crime. If action is taken against two or four, the opening of fake accounts will stop. Cyber crime expert and lawyer Pawan Duggal also says the responsibility should be placed on service providers and banks. They cite the Reserve Bank's notification dated July 6, 2017, which states that borrowers will be liable to report the withdrawal in writing to the bank within 72 hours of the withdrawal. If a complaint is made immediately on cyber crime number 1930, the money gets blocked.
According to the information given by the government in Parliament, from January 1, 2024 to July 22, 20 major cities of seven states have been selected as centers of organized cyber crime, but investigation is being done according to the speed at which crimes have increased. Is. And it is not being resolved. This is because the crime involves different states and cities. For this, police of different states need to work together.
Hot spots of organized cyber crime
Rajasthan: Deeg, Alwar, Khertal-Tijara
Jharkhand: Deoghar, Jamtara, Dumka
Bihar: Nawada, Nalanda, Patna, Sheikhpura
Haryana: Nuh
Delhi: West Delhi, North West Delhi, South West Delhi
Bengal: North 24 Parganas, Kolkata
Uttar Pradesh: Mathura, Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida, Greater Noida)