Bhubaneswar Dec 15 : In a bid to fight the increasing cases of financial fraud and cybercrime in the state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the establishment of 11 new cyber and economic offences police stations.<\/p>\n
The announcement in this regard was made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while sanctioning 154 more posts for police officers and 90 posts of experts in the field.<\/p>\n
This comes after such cases kept piling up because of delays due to lack of trained personnel on cybercrime and financial fraud in police stations.<\/p>\n
With the 11 new police stations, the number of cybercrime and economic offence police stations in the state will increase to 14.<\/p>\n
The state at present has such police stations in Sambalpur, Rourkela and Berhampur. The new police stations will come up at Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Keonjhar, Angul, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Koraput, Bhawanipatna, Bolangir and Kandhamal.<\/p>\n
Noting that cyber fraud has emerged as a major challenge for police across the globe, an official note issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said it required specialised knowledge to handle such incidents. Keeping in view of the situation, the chief minister has sanctioned 11 new cyber and economic police stations, it said.<\/p>\n
As many as 154 police posts have been created for the requirement of new police stations. The new posts included 14 inspectors, 28 sub-inspectors, 28 assistant sub-inspectors (communication), 28 constables (communication) and 56 constables.<\/p>\n
“Cybercrime is a major concern around the world and our state of Odisha is also witnessing a number of cybercrime incidents. The endeavour will be a major step towards checking cyber and economic offences in the state and expedite delivery of justice,” said Naveen Patnaik.<\/p>\n
This apart, Finance and Accounts Analysts, IT Experts and Cyber Forensic Experts will also be appointed, it said, adding that highly skilled and technical manpower is expected to put a brake on the prevailing cyber fraud activities.<\/p>\n
The cyber crime and economic offence police stations will have jurisdiction over the whole police district. However, regular police stations will continue to have concurrent jurisdiction in investigation of cybercrime and economic offences.<\/p>\n