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Victims of cyber frauds will soon be able to save time and effort in filing First Information Reports (FIRs), enabling law enforcement agencies to quickly track down fraudsters and recover stolen funds, as the geographical boundaries of cyber crimes will no longer be a hindrance.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the launch of the e-Zero FIR initiative by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which will automatically convert complaints of cyber financial crimes filed through the national cybercrime reporting portal (NCRP) or the national cybercrime helpline ‘1930’ into FIRs.
Shah stated on X that the new system, initially launched as a pilot project in Delhi, will “drive investigations and swiftly crack down on cybercriminals” and will soon be extended to the entire nation. Initially, the automatic FIR will be filed in cases involving cyber frauds with a threshold limit of Rs 10 lakh, which will eventually be expanded to cover all such FIRs.
“The Modi government is strengthening the cybersecurity grid to build a cyber-secure Bharat,” Shah posted on X. The home minister had given instructions for the implementation of the e-zero FIR initiative in a recent review meeting pertaining to I4C, considering the difficulties faced by victims of cyber financial crimes in recovering lost money.
According to the home ministry’s reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, nearly 13.4 lakh complaints were received via the I4C’s ‘citizen financial cyber fraud reporting and management system’ since its launch in 2021, involving cyber fraud worth thousands of crores of rupees. Of this, Rs 4,386 crore was saved due to timely intervention by I4C. The total amount involved in cyber fraud cases reported on NCRP was around Rs 36,450 crore.
The newly introduced e-zero FIR process involves the integration of I4C’s NCRP system, Delhi Police’s e-FIR system, and the National Crime Record Bureau’s (NCRB) Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) to facilitate reporting and investigation of cybercrimes. Complaints related to financial losses above the threshold limit of ₹10 lakh made to NCRP and 1930 will automatically lead to the registration of a zero FIR with the e-crime police station of Delhi, which will be immediately routed to the territorial cybercrime police stations.
Complainants can visit the cybercrime police station within 3 days and get the zero-FIR converted into a regular FIR. Delhi Police and I4C have worked together to put in place a process for the registration of cases in accordance with the provisions of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The e-crime police station of Delhi has been notified for the registration of e-FIRs and transferring them to jurisdictional police stations in cybercrime complaints of a specified nature, reported on NCRP.
“This initiative will improve the conversion of NCRP/1930 complaints into FIRs, enabling easy restoration of money lost by victims and facilitating punitive action against cyber criminals,” the MHA said in a statement.
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