INCIDENTS OF CYBER CRIME TARGETING ELDERLY PEOPLE
INCIDENTS OF CYBER CRIME TARGETING ELDERLY PEOPLE
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication “Crime in India”. The latest published report is for the year 2022. As per the data published by the NCRB, details of cases registered under cyber crimes(involving communication devices as medium/target) during the period from 2018 to 2022 are as under:
Cyber Crimes
Cases registered
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
27,248
44,735
50,035
52,974
65,893
Specific data regarding cyber crime complaints lodged by elderly persons in the country is not maintained separately by NCRB.
‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The States/UTs are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes including cyber crime and cyber crime against elderly persons through their Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the
States/UTs through advisories and financial assistance under various schemes for capacity building of their LEAs.
To strengthen the mechanism to deal with cyber crimes including cyber crime against elderly persons in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, the Central Government has taken steps which, inter-alia, include the following:
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(f): As per the data published by the NCRB, details of cases registered under fraud under cyber crimes in districts of Kerala state during year 2018-2022 is at the Annexure.
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ANNEXURE
Cases Registered under fraud under Cyber Crimes in the Districts of Kerala during 2018-2022
SL
Districts
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
1
Alapuzha
1
0
0
0
4
2
Ernakulam Commr.
1
1
2
1
0
3
Ernakulam Rural
0
0
0
0
0
4
Idukki
0
0
0
0
0
5
Kannur City
0
0
0
0
0
6
Kasargod
0
1
0
2
0
7
Kollam Commr.
0
0
0
0
0
8
Kollam Rural
0
0
0
10
16
9
Kottayam
0
0
0
0
0
10
Kozhikode Commr.
6
1
1
2
0
11
Kozhikode Rural
1
0
0
0
6
12
Malappuram
0
0
2
0
0
13
Palakkad
0
0
0
0
0
14
Pathanamthitta
0
0
0
0
0
15
Railways
0
0
0
0
0
16
Thrissur Commr.
0
0
0
0
17
Thrissur Rural
0
0
0
0
0
18
Trivandrum Commr.
5
9
0
0
0
19
Trivandrum Rural
0
1
0
1
0
20
Wayanadu
0
1
1
0
0
21
Crime Branch
0
0
0
0
0
22
Kannur Rural
–
–
–
0
0
Total
14
14
6
16
26
Source: Crime in India
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’ (I4C) as an attached office to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
- The ‘National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal’ (NCRP) (https://cybercrime.gov.in) has been launched, as a part of the I4C, to enable public to report incidents pertaining to all types of cyber crimes, with special focus on cyber crimes against women and children. Cyber crime incidents reported on this portal, their conversion into FIRs and subsequent action thereon are handled by the State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies concerned as per the provisions of the law.
- The ‘Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System’ (CFCFRMS), under I4C, has been launched in year 2021 for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the fraudsters. As per CFCFRMS operated by I4C, financial amount of more than Rs. 5,489 Crore has been saved in more than 17.82 lakh complaints so far. A toll-free Helpline number ‘1930’ has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
- A State of the Art, Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) has been established at I4C where representatives of major banks, Financial Intermediaries, Payment Aggregators, Telecom Service Providers, IT Intermediaries and representatives of States/UTs Law Enforcement Agency are working together for immediate action and seamless cooperation to tackle cybercrime.
- So far, more than 9.42 lakhs SIM cards and 2,63,348 IMEIs as reported by Police authorities have been blocked by Government of India.
- The Central Government has taken various initiatives to create cyber crime awareness which, inter-alia, include:-