Kolkata gets cyber lab to check crime on web

Commissioner of police R K Pachnanda said,“At a time when we are receiving an increasing number of cases of bank fraud and hacking emails and profiles in social networking websites,the laboratory will work as a resource centre for our officers. We also have started several training courses for our officers on cyber crime.”

Kolkata,notably,has a dedicated police station to probe cyber crime. A senior official of the station said,“We receive cases of social networking websites being hacked. We also get complaints of mobile banking fraud cases.”