Cyber crimes to be probed at police station level: Kanpur IG

In a bid to take pressure off the Crime Branch in dealing with the increasing instances of cyber crimes, such cases would now be probed at the police station level, the Kanpur Zonal IG today said.
Until now the Crime Branch of the district concerned used to handle the cases related to cyber crimes.
In a letter to all the SSPs the SPs concerned, Zonal IG Ashutosh Pandey today said the Crime Branch was finding it difficult to focus on other cases due to increasing number of crimes related to the cyber world.
He instructed them to register cases related to cyber crime at the police station concerned instead of sending them to the Crime Branch.

This would take pressure off the Crime Branch which could undertake other necessary tasks, the IG said in the letter.
The IG also assured that in case any police station does not have a senior inspector-level officer to deal with such cases, they will be made available within 24 hours of getting request for posting such an officer.