Police must acquire expertise to tackle cyber crimes: Mukherjee
Special Correspondent
“Such offences know no geographical boundaries”
EVOLVING STRATEGIES: Director-General of Police D. Mukherjee (centre), Commissioner of Police Letika Saran (right) and General Manager of ICICI Bank Charu Datta Deshpande at a workshop in Chennai on Saturday.
CHENNAI: In an age of specialisation, sometimes bordering on the ridiculous, the police force continues to be a jack of all trades and operates with available expertise in and knowledge of cyber crimes, Director-General of Police D. Mukherjee said here on Saturday.
Addressing police officers and banking professionals attending a workshop on ‘Cyber Crime and Economic Offences’ here, Mr. Mukherjee said the dark side of the cyber world was teeming with criminals of all kinds, affecting the nation’s security.
He said it would be dangerous if the investigating officer himself was unsure about the nature of an offence. “We cannot rely on our general expertise. The police must take a step forward to acquire sound expertise in cyber crime matters.” All investigating officers must be educated in new crimes, because such offences knew no geographical boundaries.
He identified online lottery, funds transfer, business activities, job and education offers as high risk areas and said banks and financial institutions must work on preventive measures.
Chennai Police Commissioner Letika Saran, said though the police had a dedicated team of personnel, the steady increase in the number of complaints relating to white-collar offences had burdened the special cells.
It was necessary to put more number of personnel through courses in and workshops on cyber crimes.
Narinderpal Singh, Additional Director-General of Police (Crime), said science, technology and computers were at the core of economic empowerment of any country. The police must have a deep understanding of legislation on intellectual property rights, the Information Technology Act and copyright issues, besides the conventional laws. He said banks could nominate some officials to work as consultants for law enforcing agencies tackling new crimes.
Charu Datta Deshpande, General Manager of ICICI Bank Ltd., which organised the workshop in association with the Tamil Nadu police, said banks and the police should ensure that chances of frauds were minimised, and that people did not lose their trust in technology.
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