The cyber crimes cell of the Mumbai police is having a tough time handling the problems thrown up by the mushrooming social networking sites on the Internet.
Most sites are based abroad and do not cooperate with police in India
The cyber crimes cell of the Mumbai police is having a tough time handling the problems thrown up by the mushrooming social networking sites on the Internet. Reason: most of these sites are based abroad and do not fall within the purview of Indian laws.
Sanjay Mohite, deputy commissioner of police (preventive and enforcement), said police only have a tie-up with Orkut and are yet to develop a rapport with other sites gaining popularity in the cyber world, like Facebook, Zudi, Hatebook, and Ning. “As most of these sites are based in the US, they refuse to share information with us,” Mohite said.
While police are working to strike up a rapport with these sites, they are also drawing up a list of guidelines to ensure that unwary users do not fall prey to unscrupulous elements on these websites.
The matter has gained urgency after the death, possibly through a dangerous, Net-inspired ‘choking game’, of schoolboy Gaurang Kulkarni earlier this month. “Investigation in these cases takes longer because some things are beyond our reach,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Rakesh Maria.
According to Internet expert Vijay Mukhi, the cyber crimes cell is in a phase where offences committed through or planned on networking sites are rising, but there is little it can do. Citing the instance of two youths, who were arrested in Kerala two weeks ago for posting allegedly defamatory statements against a politician, Mukhi said, “The police will have to react promptly and strictly.”
But he agreed that the situation is getting worse with “lots of bullies defaming others through these networking sites. Defamation has become virtual and things are getting worse as American law is different from Indian law.”
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