Rise incyber-crime casesreported inBhopalcontinue unabated in the first two months of the year 2022. Sample this: In the past two months alone, more than 600 such cases have been reported to the cyber-crime branch of city Police and the number is going up with every passing day.
In 2021, a total of 3,600 cyber-crime complaints were received at the cyber-crime branch. Cyber-crimes against Women including sextortion, sharing morphed pictures on Social Media, vulgar comments and opening fake social media accounts increased by a whopping seven percent during the first two months this year alone.
In 2021, crime against women comprised 25% of the total cyber-crime complaints that police registered. The rise this year can be guaged from the fact that in the very first two months this year, the
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