The Calcutta Police cell set up around seven months ago to deal exclusively with cyber crimes does not have a single computer.
The cyber cell exists only on paper, an officer at Lalbazar said on Sunday. How can one work without the basic infrastructure, like computers? Besides, there are no specialised officers to investigate cyber cases.
The cell comprises an officer-in-charge and two sub-inspectors. The sub-inspectors do not have any basic knowledge of computers and are mostly deployed for law-and- order duty. Its not their fault. They should have been trained before being transferred to the cell, the officer added.
Deputy commissioner (detective department) Gyanwant Singh admitted that the cyber cell is functioning without a computer. The computers in the IT unit of the headquarters are used for probing cyber crimes. The cyber cell will soon have its own computers.
Over the past few months, the cell has been flooded with complaints of cyber-law violations, but not a single case has been cracked.
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