Mysuru Grahakara Parishat to hold public awareness meet on growing cybercrime threat

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Amid increasing interest implicit the expanding sophistication of cybercrimes, the Mysuru Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has organised a gathering connected cybercrime consciousness connected January 22. It stated that portion statistic based connected the full magnitude of wealth stolen whitethorn suggest a diminution successful cybercrimes betwixt 2024 and 2025, the world is acold much disturbing, with frauds becoming much organised and widespread.

Highlighting the gravity of the situation, the MGP, successful a property merchandise here, referred to a caller lawsuit successful Delhi successful which an aged doc mates were allegedly trapped successful a “digital arrest” scam by fraudsters, confined to their location for implicit 2 weeks, and cheated of astir ₹14 crore aft being falsely told they were being investigated for alleged “money laundering”. The lawsuit highlights however elaborate and damaging cybercrimes person become, it stated.

MGP, which had convened a akin gathering 2 years agone pursuing complaints from Mysuru residents, said the contiguous gathering aims to make consciousness and fortify community-level defences against online fraud.

The programme volition diagnostic a speech by Assistant Commissioner of Police Manoj Kumar, who is successful complaint of the cybercrime wing, and Police Inspector Nandish Kumar, who volition stock real-life cybercrime cases reported from Mysuru and supply applicable guidance connected however citizens tin support themselves from specified threats.

The gathering volition beryllium held astatine the MGP bureau astatine 6/1, Vivekananda Road, Yadavagiri, connected January 22 astatine 4 p.m. Members of the nationalist person been requested to email their questions successful beforehand to mygrapa@gmail.com by 11 a.m. connected the aforesaid time for precedence discussion.

For further details, telephone 8212515150.

Published - January 17, 2026 06:46 p.m. IST

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