Government shirks Cyber Crime Enforcement

Delhi Police celebrates its Raising Day New Delhi

Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday honoured policemen here to mark the force's raising day celebrations. The nearly 60,000 people strong force, touted as the largest metropolitan contingent in the world, came into being in 1912. The force has in the past year been lauded for its crackdown on a range of economic offences, busting terrorist hideouts besides making new forays into cyber crime. Patil stressed the need for stringent check on cyber crime, which now includes computer hacking and rendering help to terrorist organisations. "Cyber crime is one of the crimes but there are more grievous crimes. We have to think about them and do something about them," he said.

India has in 2000 joined an elite club of 12 nations with digital laws after its passed the Information Technology Act, which enable police to combat cyber crimes and civil authorities to legally validate deals done on the Internet. Delhi Police Commissioner Krishna Kant Paul hailed his men for their impeccable record in ensuring law and order with minimal hazards in the capital, particularly its success in cracking terrorist hideouts. "Delhi police has made big achievements in the past years. They have nabbed hardcore criminals and more than that have been extremely successful in curbing terrorists. There was no breach of security last year implying there is improvement in the security situation in Delhi and all of this is because of the efforts of the officers and soldiers of the Delhi police," he said.