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Haryana DGP chairs state-level crime review meeting

IEP Chandigarh, June 5

The Director General of Police (DGP) Haryana, Sh. P.K. Agrawal chaired a meeting of senior officers to review the crime and law and order situation across the state. The meeting took place at the Police Complex, 2nd IRB Tundlaka in Nuh district.

The meeting was attended by all Police Range ADGPs, CPs, district SPs, and senior officers from police headquarters.

During the meeting, the DGP commended the officers for their effective crackdown on cybercriminals in Nuh, which effectively disrupted their illicit activities across the country. Recognizing the borderless nature of cybercrime, he emphasized the importance of much more coordinated efforts to dismantle their networks nationwide.

The DGP conducted a comprehensive review of the crime scenario and stressed the need to tackle gangsters and hardcore criminals engaged in organized crime and extortion. He directed the Special Task Force (STF) and all field units to take strict action against such criminals. The police were instructed to enhance intelligence collection and initiate property attachment and demolition activities against these offenders.

He further instructed them to prevent the smuggling of illicit weapons, arrest drug suppliers and other absconders, and expedite the resolution of pending cases.

While reviewing the crimes against women and other vulnerable sections of society, the officers emphasized the need to address and combat them effectively.

The implementation status of the Gram Prahri scheme, which aims to monitor the increasing involvement of youth in sensational crimes, was reviewed.

The meeting also focused on monitoring the conviction rate in criminal cases, with a report on the subject presented. The DGP directed the officers to enhance the conviction rate through coordinated efforts and effective court proceedings.

Reaffirming the state government’s commitment to making Haryana a drug-free state, the DGP praised the field units for their collaboration with the Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau in dismantling drug trafficking networks. He emphasized the need to maximize property attachment procedures under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act for such offenders.

The meeting concluded with discussions on issues related to the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS), Integrated Criminal Justice System (ICJS), and other IT initiatives.

ADGP CID Alok Mittal, ADGP Crime Om Prakash Singh, ADGP Hisar Range Shrikant Jadhav, ADGP Law and Order Smt Mamta Singh, ADGP South Range M Ravi Kiran, CP Gurugram Kala Ramachandran, CP Faridabad Vikas Arora, IG Ambala Range Shivas Kaviraj, IG Modernization and HSNCB Amitabh Singh Dhillon, IG Law and Order and CP Panchkula Sanjay Kumar, IG Security Saurabh Singh, IG Rohtak Range Rakesh Kumar Arya, IG Karnal Range Satendra Gupta, IG R&C Moginand Kulwinder Singh, IG Traffic and Highway Hardeep Singh Doon and all district Superintendents were present in the meeting.

Sextortion cases on the rise in country

INDIA E POST CHANDIGARH JULY 05, 2022

Beware of that super friendly woman you meet on Istagram or Facebook or What’s app. She could be a member of a gang targeting people into explicit sexual situations and then demanding money not to expose them on public platforms.

One of the victims on the condition of anonymity said that he got a call from unverified numbers and callers posing as Sub-inspector in Delhi Police, asking him to shatter the issue by paying money otherwise compromising pictures or videos will be put on social media platforms.

As per the statistics, sextortion, or extortion using sexual methods, tops the charts in the cybercrime cell of Chandigarh region. In all such cases, stories have emerged of individuals being “lured into recording themselves performing sexual acts” before being blackmailed. The cyber crime investigation cell (CCIC) of Chandigarh Police has advised the people to be careful about video calls from unknown numbers. Sources in the CCIC Chandigarh Police said that the number of sextortion (extortion cases using nude pictures) are increasing. There have been a number of incidents and the victims’ list is increasing. But due to shame or social stigma, the victims often do not report the crimes to police, they added.

When contacted, Mohali based cyber expert said that people who often get connected with strangers through social media or even gaming apps are targets of these crimes. It begins with offers of friendship but soon leads to sharing of compromising pictures or videos that are used for blackmail. The victims of such crimes belong to all age groups. Victims of such crimes are unwilling to come forward and report them to the police for fear of embarrassment or disrepute it might bring. However, the best and surest way of bringing such cases under control is to report them to the authorities, he added.

He further said, “The modus operandi of the gangs is to create fake accounts posing as girls on social media platforms and lure men, most of whom were rich with high-profile backgrounds. While posing as girls on social media, the accused took the victims into confidence and insist on starting obscene video chats, which they would then record. Then they blackmail the victims with the recorded videos and extort money from them. The person behind the profile is actually a criminal whose main motive is to extort money from the victim. These fake profiles are deliberately made to look very attractive so that people fall prey to this scam easily, he added.

Constable Rajnish, who posted at Panchkula cybercrime cell, said that the cases of cheating people into indulging in virtual sex and recording them to extort money from them have seen a spike during the last one year. Over dozen such cases have been reported in Panchkula district. “We have detected a few such cases and found the culprits to be from Rajasthan and the northern belt. Recently, Panchkula police Station, Sector 20 have arrested the person, native of Alwar, Rajasthan involved in sextortion. “We have urged people to report any cybercrime cases at the earliest in order to ease the detection process. Victim can register compliant at local police station or through on toll free number 1930 or website cybercrime.gov.in,” he added.