One person was today arrested
for allegedly circulating intimate photographs of a woman besides duping her by promising her to marry her through a fake profile on a matrimonial site, police said.
Ranjan Sen (42) alias Uday Shankar Shome alias Pratap Chakrraborty contacted the woman in her early 30s using a fake profile of a popular matrimonial site, the victim accused in her complaint lodged at the Ballygunge Police Station last month.
Sen, who was working as a chemist in a chemical firm, used Uday Shankar as his name for the matrimonial site, a senior police officer of Kolkata Police said adding that the accused also created a profile on Facebook to convince persons about his identity.
They gradually became close and the accused allegedly clicked photos of their intimate moment. Sen started distributing those photographs through Whatsapp. He also took Rs 10,000 from her," the officer said.
Based on the complaint of the lady, Sen, a resident of Bally, was arrested, he said adding that the accused has been slapped with cases under Indian Penal Code Sections and I-T Act.
The IC4 is being set up following recommendations of an
expert committee constituted to prepare a roadmap for effectively tackling cyber crime in the country.
According to the recommendations of the expert committee, there is a need to drastically reduce the crime against children and women, especially online abuse.
"These kind of content and websites need to be monitored and blocked. The supporting laws need to be strengthened, parents need to be educated to monitor children's activities in cyber space and educate them about good cyber behaviour," the committee suggested.
The expert committee found that India lacked centralised online reporting mechanism and skilled cyber professionals, besides having inadequate infrastructure for cyber crime monitoring and investigation.
Other drawbacks included challenges related to technology and research and development; legal and jurisdictional issues; lack of citizen awareness, SOPs for cyber crime investigation, adequate institutional structure, funding and a clear-cut roadmap for tackling cyber crime.
"The IC4 will fill all these gaps," the official said.
The IC4 will have linkages with CCTNS and NATGRID, the two database having information related to various kinds of crime and criminals.
Another key priority of IC4 will be how to check attempts by of international gangs to penetrate Indian government's official communication network and hack them.
The centre is expected to provide all necessary technical assistance to CBI and state police on all cyber crime related issues, the official said.
