DGP Unveils Jharkhand Police’s Pratibimb App to Track Cyber Fraud Locations

Ranchi: On Wednesday, DGP Ajay Kumar Singh introduced the Pratibimb app of Jharkhand Police. This innovative app is designed to reveal the geographical locations of mobile numbers linked to cyber fraud cases across the country. It offers a comprehensive overview of the geographical locations of mobile numbers involved in cybercrimes throughout the nation, displayed on an interactive map.

Jharkhand ranks second in the country for cybercrime, with 5,350 reported cases in the last four and a half years (from 2019 to July 2023). Out of these, 1,432 cases were registered in Ranchi district alone. Other notable figures include 496 cases in Dhanbad, 405 in Deoghar, 384 in Jamshedpur, and 348 in Hazaribagh.

A workshop focusing on combating cybercrime is currently underway in Ranchi, attended by officials from West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. Representatives from various government agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Department of Information and Broadcasting (DIB), and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are also participating.