CHANDIGARH: Haryana home minister Anil Vij said on Tuesday that cyber crime police stations will be opened in every district of the state so that the increasing cyber crime can be checked.
He said that trained staff will be deployed in cyber crime police stations so that quick action can be implemented. Apart from this, IT professionals will also be appointed in these cyber stations, for which the work of creating posts will be done soon.
Vij announced this after the review meeting with senior officers of the Home and Police Departments in Chandigarh on Tuesday. In the meeting, the decisions and points were picked from the meeting of police officers held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and Union home minister in Lucknow and discussed so that these points could be implemented in Haryana as well.
During the meeting, Vij was apprised that till last December, cyber help desks had been set up in all police stations of the state. Apart from this, cyber crime stations have also been set up in Gurugram, Faridabad and Panchkula commissionerate districts as well as in five IG range districts.
Similarly, during the meeting, he directed the officers to install HD/Nightvision CCTV cameras in every city of the state, including railway stations, bus stands, markets and other important places in crowded areas so that crimes are completely curbed. For this, a plan should be made to install cameras all over the state. In the meeting, the home minister was informed that the work of integrating the CCTV cameras installed so far with the Command Centre is being done. Apart from this, cameras installed by private organizations and private individuals have also been called upon to connect them with the command centre. In the meeting, the police officers apprised Vij that 90 percent of crimes are solved with the help of CCTV footage.
Vij said that nowadays the trend of drones is increasing rapidly and it can also be a threat to the national security, so the action related to drones will have to be closely monitored from the point of view of security.
He directed the officers to identify various places for operating the drones and approval should be obtained for flying drones. It was informed in the meeting that the Central Government has issued Drone Policy-2021 last year related to drones, under which a license will have to be taken for the drone and the pilot of the drone will also have to get the license after drone training. At the same time, it was informed in the meeting that a Drone Corporation has also been formed in Haryana.
In the meeting, Haryana home minister directed the officers to provide latest information related to drones to the Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of all the districts.
