As many as 80,000
cyber crime related complaints have been registered with
police in
Kerala in the last one year, of which 50,000 relate to
harassment of women through new
hi-tech devices, Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said here today. He told reporters here that the number of
cyber crimes are on the increase in the state with 80,000 complaints lodged in the last one year, 50,000 relating to women alone. Most victms of these
crimes were teenaged girls and women, he said, adding there was a nefarious attempt to trap young girls to indulge in wrongdoing. The increase in number of
mobile phones had also led to more number of
cyber crimes, he said, adding
Kerala now has three lakh
mobile phones Crimes were also reported by misusing
social networking system and
internet, he said. The minister said the
government with a view to strength the computer
security using best practice,
Kerala Police would hold an
International Information Security Conference here on August 3 and 4, he said. 'By fostering the collabroation of the public and private sectors, our goal is to conceive new counter measures against
cyber security threats and
crimes aginst women', he said. On reported presence of Maoist in
Kerala forests, he said certain things cannot be disclosed due to
security reasons. Necessary steps would be taken by police to prevent activities of such
groups, he said. Justifying the ban on the August 15 'freedom parade' of Popular Front of
India, he pointed out that the ban had been in force for the past three years and UDF
government had only followed the stand taken by the previous LDF
government. He said
Independence Day celebrations was an
official celebration conducted by all
state governments. 'Let us celebrate the freedom together', he said, adding the PFI's parade has a sectarian colour to it.
