On Tuesday, Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav has said that in case of digital arrest or other cyber crime, police should be informed immediately. He said that these crimes can be avoided with our awareness, courage to face cyber fraudsters and prompt action by police. Chief Minister Dr Yadav was talking to media at State Cyber Police Headquarters. It is noteworthy that on November 9, Cyber Police took prompt action in the digital arrest of a person living in Arera Colony, conducted a live raid and freed him and saved him from cyber fraud worth crores of rupees. He had reached there with the objective of encouraging the cyber police of the State. Probably this is the first such case of live raid in digital arrest in the country and the world. Chief Minister Dr Yadav praised the efficiency and prompt action of cyber police.

 

Chief Minister Dr Yadav praised DGP Sudhir Saxena, ADG Yogesh Deshmukh, DIG Cyber Cell Yusuf Qureshi and Sub Inspector Cyber Sachin Yadav who reached the spot quickly. Chief Minister Dr Yadav praised the promptness shown by the police team in cyber crime and called it exemplary and inspirational. Chief Minister Dr Yadav said that the general public is usually unaware of the proceedings of CBI, ED etc. and clever criminals trap such people in their net. Madhya Pradesh Police came into action as soon as the information was received and by taking concrete action, through digital arrest, presented an example in front of the country and the world in this case of cyber fraud that there is no need to be afraid of digital arrest. Chief Minister Dr Yadav said that work is going on to make cyber police hi-tech in the State. Along with starting cyber police station in every district, cyber desk is being established in every police station of the state.

 

Cyber helpline number 1930 will also be made more effective. By running a cyber awareness campaign on a wide scale in the State, information about measures to prevent cyber crime will be given to the people. Notably, an incident of digital arrest in Arera Colony that on November 9, a person’s acquaintance Rajiv Oberoi informed the cyber police about his digital arrest. The police team reached the house of the victim Vivek Oberoi (who is a corporate sector entrepreneur in Dubai) in Arera Colony without wasting a moment. The team found that the victim has been digitally arrested by unknown cyber fraudsters posing as ED, CBI officers and calling from virtual numbers of Dubai and Syria. He was kept digitally arrested in a room of his own house for six hours from 1 pm. The cyber fraudsters took personal information and banking details of the victim and his family and threatened to arrest them and harm the family members if they did not tell anyone. When the cyber police raided, the fraudsters immediately disconnected the video call. The team counselled the victim properly and got him out of the virtual world of digital arrest of his phone and laptop.