Will act with alacrity on cyber fraud cases: Police assure Bombay HC

The city police have assured the Bombay High Court that they would act with alacrity on cyber fraud complaints and sensitise all police officials for prompt action and registration of FIR whenever such complaints are filed. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale in the order passed on April 15 noted that cyber fraud cases were on the rise and senior citizens were more and more falling victim to such fraudsters.

The court was hearing a petition filed by a city-based woman, claiming she was a victim of cyber fraud, and when…