UDHAMPUR: District Police Udhampur created a district Cyber Cell at District Police Headquarters, Udhampur, to address the growing number of cybercrime crimes. In the presence of SSP Udhampur Joginder Singh, Additional SP Udhampur Anwaar UL Haq, Deputy SP Headquarters Udhampur Gurmeet Sing, SDPOs, SHOs, and other staff members, DIG U-R Range Suleman Choudhary officially opened the Cyber Cell of the District Police Udhampur. The Cyber Cell will handle a variety of cybercrimes, including sextortion, phishing, social media fraud, financial fraud, cyber theft, and online cyberfraud.The cyber team will also teach district Udhampur police station IOs and lower-level employees how to handle cybercrime and educate the public about cybersecurity. In the past two years, the district has recorded 89 cases connected to cyber fraud. Of these, seven have resulted in the filing of formal complaints, with a total recovery amount of Rs 17,78,985. It is pertinent to note that 434 of the 619 online complaints that were submitted through the NCCRP site were resolved, and 184 are still being investigated.
