Hubli - Dharwad to get first cyber crime police station

Plans are there to open cyber crime police stations in Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Mysore in the first phase

Hindu BusinessLine

MANGALORE, SEPT. 21:Karnataka will set up three cyber crime police stations in major cities in the State, according to Dr S.M. Jaamdar, Principal Secretary (Home Affairs), Karnataka.

Speaking at the inauguration of M.Sc. in Criminology and Forensic Science at Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work here on Wednesday, he said that the State Government recently received guidelines to set up cyber crime police stations.

Plans are there to open cyber crime police stations in Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Mysore in the first phase. At present, Karnataka has one cyber crime police station in Bangalore. Dr Jaamdar said plans are there to increase the number of Coastal Security Police (CSP) stations in the State. At present, Karnataka has five and four more CSP stations will be set up, he added. 

The country's criminal justice system, which lays more emphasis on eye-witness, should take the benefit of forensic science to the maximum extent, he said.On the institutes offering post-graduate course in Criminology and Forensic Science, he said 12 institutes in the country offer this course. Of them, four are situated in Karnataka. Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work in Mangalore is the fourth institute to offer this course, he said.Dr Jaamdar asked the institute to focus on specialising in any particular field of forensic science. The Inspector General of Police (Western Range), Mr Alok Mohan, spoke on the occasion.