ByA Subburaj, TNN | Mar 15, 2013, 01.16 AM IST
COIMBATORE: Though cyber crimes are on a steady rise in Coimbatore and the police cell dealing with it receives numerous complaints every week, a peculiar situation is emerging with petitioners refusing to proceed with the case after the person who sent the offensive data through email or mobile phone is identified and made to confess the crime.
"In most cases, the suspect is someone known to the petitioner and the petitioner is satisfied with an apology from the offender once we locate the criminal. Petitioners are preventing us from registering FIRs and ensuring a closure to the case by moving the court,'' says a senior police officer working with the Cyber Crime Cell.
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The issues range from extra marital affairs to property disputes and clashes between family members,'' adds Ravichandran.
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Though as many as 451 cases were reported in 2012, FIRs were registered in only 12 cases. In 2011, 1250 cases were reported but FIRs were filed only in 28 cases. In 2010, 508 cases were reported but FIRs were filed only in eight cases. In 2009, 93 cases were filed but FIRs were recorded in just three cases.
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COIMBATORE: Though cyber crimes are on a steady rise in Coimbatore and the police cell dealing with it receives numerous complaints every week, a peculiar situation is emerging with petitioners refusing to proceed with the case after the person who sent the offensive data through email or mobile phone is identified and made to confess the crime.
"In most cases, the suspect is someone known to the petitioner and the petitioner is satisfied with an apology from the offender once we locate the criminal. Petitioners are preventing us from registering FIRs and ensuring a closure to the case by moving the court,'' says a senior police officer working with the Cyber Crime Cell.
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The issues range from extra marital affairs to property disputes and clashes between family members,'' adds Ravichandran.
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Though as many as 451 cases were reported in 2012, FIRs were registered in only 12 cases. In 2011, 1250 cases were reported but FIRs were filed only in 28 cases. In 2010, 508 cases were reported but FIRs were filed only in eight cases. In 2009, 93 cases were filed but FIRs were recorded in just three cases.
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