Lucknow, Aug 26 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Saturday directed that the cyber crime police stations, currently operating at the regional level, should be set up in all 75 districts and the cyber cells currently operating at the district level be expanded to all police stations.
Following the CM's directive 57 new cyber police stations will be set up in the state within the next two months, while cyber cells will also be functional in every police station apart from cyber help desks. All cyber police stations will be set up in local police lines.
While reviewing the cyber security arrangements in the state on Saturday, the CM said that in recent times the nature of crime has changed due to misuse of technology. "Diverse kinds of cyber frauds related to customer care, pension, electricity bill, work from home, sextortion, loan app, parcel, franchisee, fake betting app, crypto investment fraud and Ponzi scheme fraud are being seen today. The common man is becoming a direct victim of this. To avoid this, we have to be vigilant at every level," he said.