Naidu orders Zero FIR mechanism to curb cyber crime

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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Friday directed officials to instrumentality a Zero FIR mechanics to efficaciously curb cyber crimes successful the State.

He said complaints received done the projected cyber warfare country should instantly pb to the registration of Zero FIRs truthful that banks could beryllium alerted wrong the ‘golden hour’, helping forestall fraudulent transfers from victims’ accounts.

Reviewing cyber transgression prevention measures, Mr. Naidu stressed the request for stronger coordination with banks to tackle cyber fraud and for wider nationalist consciousness campaigns, with peculiar absorption connected the increasing menace of integer arrests.

He suggested that cyber patrolling beryllium undertaken connected the lines of accepted constabulary patrolling to forestall citizens from falling prey to cyber criminals.

Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta gave a presumption connected the projected ‘AP Cyber Guard’ initiative, which is being designed astir a six-pillar effect strategy to combat assorted forms of cyber crime. The pillars see a cyber warfare room, a telephone centre linked to the toll-free helpline 1930, exertion and AI integration, capableness building, a three-tier architecture, and nationalist consciousness programmes.

The cyber warfare country is being acceptable up astatine Prabhala Tech Park successful Mangalagiri, wherever a gathering has already been identified. It volition comprise 11 specialised divisions, including exigency response, cyber menace quality and analytics, cyber information operations, cyber grooming and consciousness research, ineligible and argumentation compliance, and territory coordination. The installation is expected to go operational wrong the adjacent 30 days.

The 1930 cyber helpline and its dashboard volition beryllium integrated with the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. The Police Department is besides moving with the RBI and starring banks to instrumentality MuleHunter.AI for enhanced detection of cyber fraud. Teams from the AP CID and AP Technology Services precocious visited the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre successful New Delhi to survey its systems and champion practices.

Infrastructure projects

Reviewing infrastructure projects and the functioning of APSRTC, Mr. Naidu directed officials to instrumentality steps to guarantee the timely completion of ports, airports and different cardinal projects. He asked them to accord precedence to the improvement of the Mulapeta, Ramayapatnam and Machilipatnam ports.

He besides called for focused efforts connected the procurement of electrical buses and the optimal utilisation of APSRTC assets to fortify the corporation.

Published - May 29, 2026 10:51 p.m. IST

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