Lok Sabha Question No. 2372 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-10
Subject: Cyber Crime Cases in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Sribharat Mathukumilli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2372

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2024/ AGRAHAYANA 19, 1946 (SAKA)

CYBER CRIME CASES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

2372.     SHRI SRIBHARAT MATHUKUMILLI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  cyber  crime  cases  reported  in  Andhra  Pradesh, district-wise, during the last five years;

(b)  the  total  amount  of  money  lost  due  to  cyber  fraud  and  the  amount frozen under various types of cyber crime in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise, including Visakhapatnam;

(c)  the  details  of  consumer  redressal  and  compensation  mechanisms available for victims of cyber crime in Andhra Pradesh, and the number of cases  where  compensation  was  successfully  provided,  including  the release of lost money to victims in Visakhapatnam; and

(d) the specific steps taken by the Government to prevent cyber fraud in Andhra Pradesh, particularly in Visakhapatnam, including public awareness  campaigns,  technological  measures  and  collaboration  with financial institutions and other stakeholders?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report is for the year 2022. As per the data published by the NCRB, District-wise cases registered under cyber crimes (involving communication devices as medium/target) in the State of Andhra Pradesh during the period from 2018 to 2022 is at the Annexure.

'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  and  freezing/de-freezing  of  bank  accounts through  their  Law  Enforcement  Agencies  (LEAs)  and  redressal.  The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the States/UTs through advisories  and  financial  assistance  under  various  schemes  for  capacity building of their LEAs.

To  strengthen  the  mechanism  to    deal    with    cyber    crimes  in    a comprehensive  and  coordinated  manner,  the  Central  Government  has taken  steps  for  spreading  awareness  about  cyber  crimes,  issuance of    alerts/  advisories,  capacity  building/training  of      law    enforcement personnel/ prosecutors/judicial officers, improving cyber forensic facilities,  etc.  The  Government  has  set  up  the  'Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre' (I4C) as an attached office to deal with all types of cyber crime in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.

The 'National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal' (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.

The  'Citizen  Financial  Cyber  Fraud  Reporting  and  Management System',  under  I4C,  has  been  launched  in  year  2021  for  immediate reporting  of   financial  frauds  and   to  stop  siphoning  off  funds  by  the

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2372 FOR 10.12.2024

fraudsters. So far, financial amount of more than Rs. 3431 Crore has been saved  in  more  than  9.94  lakh  complaints.  A  toll-free  Helpline  number '1930' has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.

A State of the Art Centre, 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.

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  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.

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District-wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes in Andhra Pradesh during 2018-2021

| SL    | District           |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |
|-------|--------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1     | Anantapur          |     52 |     63 |     41 |     55 |
| 2     | Chittoor           |     10 |     26 |     87 |     51 |
| 3     | Cuddapah           |      4 |     10 |      4 |     20 |
| 4     | East Godavari      |     16 |     23 |     68 |    107 |
| 5     | Guntakal Railway   |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 6     | Guntur             |     55 |    111 |     79 |    101 |
| 7     | Guntur Urban       |     58 |    173 |    157 |    211 |
| 8     | Krishna            |     26 |    111 |     74 |     47 |
| 9     | Kurnool            |     40 |    136 |    165 |     84 |
| 10    | Nellore            |     38 |      0 |     69 |     65 |
| 11    | Prakasham          |     61 |    104 |     62 |     69 |
| 12    | Rajahmundry        |     25 |     95 |    120 |     88 |
| 13    | Srikakulam         |     39 |     47 |     64 |     64 |
| 14    | Tirupathi Urban    |     39 |     85 |    102 |    211 |
| 15    | Vijayawada City    |    181 |    240 |    176 |    133 |
| 16    | Vijayawada Railway |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 17    | Visakha Rural      |      0 |     20 |      5 |     35 |
| 18    | Visakhapatnam      |    427 |    400 |    361 |    323 |
| 19    | Vizianagaram       |     53 |     88 |     81 |    119 |
| 20    | West Godavari      |     83 |    154 |    184 |     91 |
| Total | Total              |   1207 |   1886 |   1899 |   1875 |

Source: Crime in India published by NCRB.

## Annexure(Page 2 of 2) L.S.US.Q.NO. 2372 FOR 10.12.2024

District-wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes in Andhra Pradesh during 2022

| SL    | District                    |   2022 |
|-------|-----------------------------|--------|
| 1     | Alluri Sitharama Raju       |      1 |
| 2     | Anakapalli                  |     55 |
| 3     | Anantapuramu                |     38 |
| 4     | Annamayya                   |      5 |
| 5     | Bapatla                     |     17 |
| 6     | Chittoor                    |     57 |
| 7     | Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema    |     29 |
| 8     | East Godavari               |     78 |
| 9     | Eluru                       |     73 |
| 10    | Guntakal Railway            |      0 |
| 11    | Guntur                      |    348 |
| 12    | Kakinada                    |     53 |
| 13    | Krishna                     |     77 |
| 14    | Kurnool                     |     18 |
| 15    | Nandyal                     |     43 |
| 16    | NTR                         |    156 |
| 17    | Palnadu                     |     30 |
| 18    | Parvathipuram Manyam        |     16 |
| 19    | Prakasham                   |     90 |
| 20    | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore |     10 |
| 21    | Sri Sathya Sai              |     67 |
| 22    | Srikakulam                  |     99 |
| 23    | Tirupathi                   |    179 |
| 24    | Vijayawada Railway          |      1 |
| 25    | Visakhapatnam               |    621 |
| 26    | Vizianagaram                |    122 |
| 27    | West Godavari               |     26 |
| 28    | YSR                         |     32 |
| Total | Total                       |   2341 |

Source: Crime in India published by NCRB.

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