Mumbai: Of 1468, Only 76% Cyber Crime Cases Detected In 4 Months

According to a data revealed by the Maharashtra police, it has come to light a total of 2441 cybercrime cases were registered across the state between January to April this year.

Of which, 353 cases were detected and 335 persons were arrested in the said cases.

Reports further stated that the statistics further reveal that Mumbai had registered a maximum 1468 cases, followed by Thane (121 cases) and Pune (74 cases).

According to the statistics, Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police and Navi Mumbai police had registered 73 cases, followed by Nagpur City (64), Pimpri Chinchwad (56), Jalgaon (39), Beed (36), Buldhana (34), Nagpur Rural (32), Ahmednagar (31), Jalna and Aurangabad City (30), Amravati City (22), Latur (21), Solapur Rural (20), Raigad and Kolhapur (18), Aurangabad Rural and Satara (17).

The cities and districts where least cybercrime cases were registered were Washim and Hingoli (2), Thane Rural (3), Solapur City (4), Gadchiroli (5), Dhule and Nandurbar (6), Gondia, Palghar, Parbhani (7), Amravati Rural (8), Nashik City (9), Akola (10), Sindhudurg & Nashik Rural (11), Bhandara, Osmanabad & Sangli (12), Ratnagiri and Pune Rural (13).

On the other hand, only 76 per cent of cybercrime cases were detected of the 1468 cybercrime cases registered as per statistics provided by the Mumbai police. A total 104 persons have been arrested in such cases.

The statistics also revealed that most cybercrime cases registered are of cheating (617), followed by credit card/online fraud cases (477) and obscene email/SMS/MMS cases (111).

Further analysis of cybercrime cases has revealed that 47 cases of fake social media profile/morphine emails/SMS had been registered, hacking (26), pornography (19), phishing/man-in-middle attack/spoofing mail (17), sextortion (15), data theft (4), tampering of source code (4).

Experts have suggested that one of the reasons that cases of cybercrime are reflecting high in Mumbai, as compared to other cities, is that there is vast use of digital payment systems in the city. Secondly, people are more aware about cybercrime and are coming ahead to report even cases with the smallest of amounts involved. In Mumbai, cybercrime police stations are set up in each region and the officers are working relentlessly to curb the menace of cybercrime.