Cyber criminal targets Bihar’s Health Department, Additional Chief Secretary

Cyber criminals have now focused one other IAS officer in Bihar. After making a social media account in identify of Pratyaya Amrit, Extra Chief Secretary, Well being Division, which additionally had his show image, they’d despatched out messages to his juniors in search of cash. The Financial Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police has registered an FIR primarily based on a grievance filed by Mr. Amrit.

This isn’t the primary such case of an IAS officer being focused. In 2022, cyber criminals withdrew a big sum of cash from the checking account of Bihar Chief secretary Amir Subhani. Nevertheless, a well timed alert to cyber police and fast motion ensured the cash was returned to his account.

EOU Extra Director-Basic (ADG) Nayyar Hasnain Khan mentioned, “Sure, now we have obtained the grievance three days again and an FIR has been registered. Investigation is below method and we’ll quickly crack the case.”

Mr. Khan additionally identified that cyber crime has elevated submit the Covid-19 pandemic and EOU is making each effort to make sure the well timed disposal of the instances associated to cyber crime.

To cope with such instances, the Bihar Police have already opened 44 devoted cyber police stations throughout the 38 districts of Bihar. All these police stations have been supplied with a toolkit ({hardware} and software program) for high-level investigation.

“We’re offering cyber investigation coaching to police officers with deal with figuring out, defending and gathering digital and digital proof. Of the three felony legal guidelines that got here into power just lately, the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam [which replaced the Indian Evidence Act] has recognised digital information like e mail, server log, laptop, laptop computer, smartphone, messages, web sites and voice mail as proof paperwork. So, the significance of cyber police stations has elevated now. To this point, 25,000 police officers have been given coaching on this regard,” Mr. Khan mentioned.

He additional mentioned that the Bihar Director-Basic of Police has given a proposal to the State authorities {that a} laptop computer and smartphone be offered to each Investigating Officer (IO) to conduct their case easily.