Lok Sabha Question No. 2610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Modernise Cyber Crime Infrastructure in CAPF
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Damodar Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2610

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  AUGUST, 2025/ SARVANA 14, 1947 (SAKA)

MODERNISE CYBER CRIME INFRASTRUCTURE IN CAPF

†2610. SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of initiatives taken to modernise forensic and Cyber Crime Infrastructure of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF);
- (b)  the  details  of  the  infrastructure  set  up  under  Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre and its associated cyber fraud prevention centres;
- (c) the number of districts in the country where mobile forensic labs have been deployed so far and the manner by which these labs are helping in crime investigations; and
- (d) the current status of integration of police, judiciary, prison, forensic and prosecution  systems  under  the  criminal  justice  system  and  the  major achievements in the field of digitisation of criminal justice processes?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a) and (b) : 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  States/UTs  are  primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes  including  cyber  crime  through  their  Law  Enforcement  Agencies (LEAs).  The   Central   Government   supplements   the   initiatives  of   the

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States/UTs  through  advisories  and  financial  assistance  under  various schemes for capacity building of their LEAs. Strengthening of forensic and cybercrime investigation capabilities is an ongoing process, undertaken as per requirements, for various law enforcement agencies, including CAPFs.

To strengthen the mechanism to deal with cyber crimes in a comprehensive  and  coordinated  manner,  the  Central  Government  has taken steps which, inter-alia, include the following:

- i. The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  set  up  the  'Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre' (I4C) as an attached office to deal with all types of cyber  crimes  in  the  country,  in  a  coordinated  and  comprehensive manner.
- ii. The 'National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal' (NCRP) (https://cybercrime.gov.in) has been launched, as a part of the I4C, to enable public to report incidents pertaining to all types of cyber crimes, with special focus on cyber crimes against women and children. Cyber crime incidents reported on this portal, their conversion into FIRs and subsequent action thereon are handled by the State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies concerned as per the provisions of the law.
- iii. The 'Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System' (CFCFRMS), under I4C, has been  launched  in year  2021 for  immediate

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reporting  of  financial  frauds  and  to  stop  siphoning  off  funds  by  the fraudsters. As per CFCFRMS operated by I4C, financial amount of more than Rs. 5,489  Crore has  been  saved  in more  than  17.82  lakh complaints  so  far. A  tollfree  Helpline  number  '1930'  has  been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.

- iv. A  State  of  the  Art,  Cyber  Fraud  Mitigation  Centre  (CFMC)  has  been established  at  I4C  where  representatives  of  major  banks,  Financial Intermediaries,  Payment  Aggregators,  Telecom  Service  Providers,  IT Intermediaries  and  representatives  of  States/UTs  Law  Enforcement Agency  are  working  together  for  immediate  action  and  seamless cooperation to tackle cybercrime.
- v. So far, more than 9.42 lakhs SIM cards and 2,63,348 IMEIs as reported by Police authorities have been blocked by Government of India.
- vi. The Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  provided  financial  assistance  under the  'Cyber  Crime  Prevention  against  Women  and  Children  (CCPWC)' Scheme, to the States/UTs for their capacity building such as setting up of cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories, hiring of junior cyber consultants  and  training  of  LEAs'  personnel,  public  prosecutors  and judicial  officers.  Cyber  forensic-cum-training  laboratories  have  been commissioned in 33 States/UTs and  more  than  24,600  LEA personnel,

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- judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.
- vii. I4C, MHA is regularly organising 'State Connect', 'Thana Connect' and Peer  learning  session  to  share  best  practices,  enhance  capacity building, etc.
- viii. The state of the art 'National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation)' has been established, as a part of the I4C, at New Delhi to provide early stage  cyber  forensic  assistance  to  Investigating  Officers  (IOs)  of State/UT Police. So far, National Cyber Forensics Laboratory (Investigation)  has  provided  its  services  to  State/UT  LEAs  in  around 12,460 cases pertaining to cyber crimes.
- ix. The  Massive  Open  Online  Courses  (MOOC)  platform,  namely  'CyTrain' portal  has  been  developed  under  I4C,  for  capacity  building  of  police officers/judicial  officers  through  online  course  on  critical  aspects  of cyber crime investigation, forensics, prosecution etc. More than 1,05,796 Police Officers from States/UTs are registered and more than 82,704 Certificates issued through the portal.
- x. Samanvaya  Platform  has  been  made  operational  to  serve  as  an Management Information System(MIS) platform, data repository and a coordination platform for LEAs  for cybercrime data sharing and analytics. It provides  analytics based interstate linkages of crimes and

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criminals, involved in cybercrime complaints in various States/UTs. The module 'Pratibimb' maps locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on  a  map  to  give  visibility  to  jurisdictional  officers.  The  module  also facilitates  seeking  and  receiving  of  techno-legal  assistance  by  Law Enforcement  Agencies from I4C and other SMEs. It has lead to arrest of  10,599  accused,  26,096  linkages  and  63,019  Cyber  Investigation assistance request.

- xi. 'Sahyog' Portal has been launched to expedite the process of sending notices  to  IT  intermediaries  by  the  Appropriate  Government  or  its agency under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 to facilitate the removal or disabling of access to any information, data or communication link being used to commit an unlawful act.
- xii. The Central Government has taken various initiatives to create cyber crime awareness which, inter-alia, include:-
- 1) The Hon'ble Prime Minister spoke about digital arrests during the episode "Mann Ki Baat" on 27.10.2024  and apprised  the citizens of India.
- 2) A  special  programme  was  organized  by  Akashvani,  New  Delhi  on Digital Arrest on 28.10.2024.
- 3) Caller Tune Campaign: I4C in collaboration with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has  launched  a  caller  tune  campaign

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with effect from 19.12.2024 for raising awareness about cybercrime and promoting the Cybercrime Helpline Number 1930 & NCRP portal. The caller tunes were also being broadcast in English, Hindi  and  10  regional  languages  by  Telecom  Service  Providers (TSPs).  Six  versions  of  caller  tunes  were  played  which  cover various modus-operandi, namely, Digital Arrest, Investment Scam, Malware, Fake Loan App, Fake Social Media Advertisements.

- 4) The Central Government has launched a comprehensive awareness programme  on  digital  arrest  scams  which,  inter-alia,  include; newspaper  advertisement,  announcement  in  Delhi  Metros,  use  of social media influencers to create special posts, campaign through Prasar  Bharti  and  electronic  media  and  participated  in  Raahgiri Function at Connaught Place, New Delhi on 27.10.2024.
- 5) To further spread awareness on cyber crime, the Central Government has taken steps which, inter-alia, include; dissemination of messages through SMS, I4C social media account i.e.  X  (formerly  Twitter)  (@CyberDost),  Facebook(CyberDostI4C), Instagram (CyberDostI4C), Telegram(cyberdosti4c), SMS campaign, TV campaign, Radio campaign, School Campaign, advertisement in cinema  halls,  celebrity  endorsement,  IPL  campaign,  campaign during Kumbh Mela 2025, engaged  MyGov  for publicity  in multiple

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mediums, organizing Cyber Safety and Security Awareness weeks in association with States/UTs, publishing of Handbook for Adolescents/Students,  digital  displays  on  railway  stations  and airports etc.

(c):  As  per  the  available  information,  there  are 605  District  Mobile Units/labs  in  the  country,  these  labs  facilitates  on-site  examination  and preservation of evidence, which aid the investigation process.

(d):  ICJS    is    facilitating  the  integration  of  the  stand-alone  IT  systems (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems, eForensics, eProsecution, eCourts and ePrisons) towards seamless transfer of information between the pillars, to enhance data quality by reducing errors in  data  entry,  increase  effectiveness  and  timeliness  in  investigations, enable effective use of data analytics.

As on June 2025, CCTNS has been implemented in 17,712 police stations, eForensics  in  117  forensic  science  laboratories,  eProsecution  in  751 prosecution districts,  eCourts  in  3,637  court  complexes,  and  ePrisons  in 1,373 prisons across all the States/UTs.

As per the Pragati Dashboard Report of 01.06.2025, the forward integration of CCTNS pillar with e-Prison, e-Prosecution, e-Forensics and e-Courts are completed  in  32,  28,  32  and  35  States/UTs  respectively,  and  vice-versa, backward integration from pillar applications viz., e-Prison, e-Prosecution, e-Forensics  and  e-Courts  to  CCTNS  is  completed  in  30,  26,  30  and  31 States/UTs respectively.

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