India urgently needs a well-trained special police force to deal with cyber crimes and it must be equipped and trained to deal with all kinds of internet bugs, law minister Veerappa Moily said on Sunday. "India does not have a specific police force to deal with cyber crimes and implementation of laws against crimes in the virtual world. India needs it urgently following the footsteps of US and South Korea," Moily said at an interactive seminar for judges, heads of police forces and prosecution of states here. He said there were many impediments that needed to be overcome soon. While a vast majority of the police force or prosecutors in the country had no experience of tackling cyber crime, judges too lacked experience in appreciating evidence in such cases. As cyber crime knows no geographical boundary, the absence of international cooperation between police forces adds to the woes of victims and lets the culprit go scot free, he said. It was attorney general G E Vahanvati who pointed out the danger potential of cyber crime as was shown by `Trojan horse' and `I love you' bug and said cyber crime was not limited to the web world but had been extended to mobile phones, which could be used to bombard a victim with messages and send illicit MMSes. Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said cyber crimes caused irreparable damage to the victims though it may not involve inflicting of physical pain. "Someone's bank account can be wiped off depriving him of life-long savings and others can face huge loss of reputation when his face is morphed and put in an obscene video on the net," he said while emphasising on sensitisation of the police, prosecutors and judiciary about the consequences of the crime. Supreme Court judge and Cyber Law Enforcement Committee chairman, Justice Altamas Kabir, said the attending DGPs and judges should make efforts to understand the nitty-gritty of the anti-cyber crime law enacted by the country in the shape of IT Act, 2000. However, he said going by the growing ingenuity of cyber criminals, there was a need for expanding the definitions of various crimes listed in the law. India needs a separate cyber police force: Moily
Growing cyber crimes Cyber crime is at its stake and something must be done by the government of India. There are different types of crimes and criminal offences are conducted through the cyber cafes and to check this issue there must be separate police force. The police force must be vigil 24x7 on the criminal activities and if required there must be implementations of laws to check the crimes.
Cyber crime on the rise Terrorist activities are all regulated through the net. Indian IT professionals are the best in the world but they go on to work for foreign nations. In India the CBI handles all the things. We do need to appoint a separate group of professionals who can check cyber crime and stop the bomb blasts and incidents like 26/11 to happen.
yes india indeed needs a seperate cyber police force because terrorism is not using latest technologies to break into and breach the security. many a times cell phones, computers, internet are involved in crime scenes. and for this an expert team comprising techno grads who can break codes of secrets in these products should be recruited to combat the crime.
yes is lagging far behind in this sector as we do not have civil police working enough for the society.. how can we expect a cyber police force?? we need more work force to take hold of different sectors as there are many things to take care of. there are lots of cyber crimes taking place these days like money fraudulence and id hacks which needs highly qualified techno grads working in cyber police.
