Three acres of land in Ghatkopar which belongs to Railway police has been approved for construction
The state home department has found three acres of land to turn its dream ‘cyber project’ into reality. Top sources in the department said that three acres of land in Ghatkopar which belongs to Railway police has in principle been approved for construction of 800 crore project comprising of three parts—Cyber labs, Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and a Training Center. Once the plan is ready, the department aims at training at least 1,000 police personnel to crack cases of cyber crimes.
Sources also said that the consultant company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) with which the department has a seven-year contract for the said project, has submitted its report to the department. The senior department officers have also held meetings with the architects and the Police Housing Corporation officers which will be undertaking the construction work.
As a part of this project, on August 15, Maharashtra became the first state to have a cyber crime forensic lab in each district. These labs have facilities to analyse mobile forensic and call detail records. In the next phase, the department is expected to tie up with major global players in the field of social media analytics for software and other cyber-related machines.
One of the main reasons behind investing so much in the cyber project is to improve the conviction rate in cases of cybercrime. As per the data, the highest number of cyber crimes are registered in Maharashtra but the state has a shockingly dismal record of conviction. Out of the thousands of arrests made, the state has managed to convict just one, according to a senior Mumbai police officer.
In the last four years there has not been a single conviction. To make matters worse, 16 of those arrested were acquitted. There is also a plan to sensitise judges and public prosecutors about cyber crimes and how evidence is gathered. “Unlike murder or theft, cybercrime has no eyewitnesses but an electronic trail. Most of the time, the accused goes scot free because an electronic trail alone is not considered sufficient proof to nail an accused. Hence, the plan to sensitise judges and prosecutors,” said a state government official.
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