Mumbai Police log in to search criminals
People go on social networking sites to find old
friends and to make new ones. But Mumbai Police goes to these very
sites to hunt for criminals, not just those involved in online fraud or
phishing but cold-blooded murderers, kidnappers and rapists.Several
recent instances of crimes, where criminals have left trails on the
internet, in chat rooms, social networks has made the virtual world a
forum the Crime Branch is passionately exploring. Victims and those
accused of crimes committed in the real world often leave their
footprints in cyberspace. Like a recent rape case in Central Mumbai led
the cyber crime sleuth to establish the identity of the accused by a
video of the crime he posted online.No crime is perfect and the Mumbai
Police are now looking at newer ways to prove this. Deven Bharti,
Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) said, ''The cyber space
offers a great degree of anonymity to the criminals. So people put
anything online. We are increasingly looking at cyber space for the pug
marks of people accused of serious crimes to get clues for its
detection. We have solved some cases this way like the Adnan Patrawala
case.''The case in question is that of a 16 year old, Adnan Patrawala
who was kidnapped in August 2007. Investigations led the Mumbai police
to his homepage on orkut to hunt for clues to his kidnappers. One of
the kidnappers was his friend on Orkut.In May 2007, a young software
professional Kaushambi Layek was murdered in a hotel room. Clues from
Layek's orkut pages led the police to Manish Thakur's homepage. What
intrigued the investigators was that Layek was Manish's only friend on
Orkut, a strange thing to happen given that a member can have as many
friends as they like. Today, Thakur is cooling his heels in jail.The
sucess of such cases has led the Mumbai police to create Maharashtra's
first cyber police station. ''The work will begin soon the police will
now have more manpower and expertise. Cyber officers will register
cases at the police station and detect them,'' said Deven Bharati.It's
a thin line that divides the real world and the virtual world and
plugging into both can mean nailing potential killers.
friends and to make new ones. But Mumbai Police goes to these very
sites to hunt for criminals, not just those involved in online fraud or
phishing but cold-blooded murderers, kidnappers and rapists.Several
recent instances of crimes, where criminals have left trails on the
internet, in chat rooms, social networks has made the virtual world a
forum the Crime Branch is passionately exploring. Victims and those
accused of crimes committed in the real world often leave their
footprints in cyberspace. Like a recent rape case in Central Mumbai led
the cyber crime sleuth to establish the identity of the accused by a
video of the crime he posted online.No crime is perfect and the Mumbai
Police are now looking at newer ways to prove this. Deven Bharti,
Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) said, ''The cyber space
offers a great degree of anonymity to the criminals. So people put
anything online. We are increasingly looking at cyber space for the pug
marks of people accused of serious crimes to get clues for its
detection. We have solved some cases this way like the Adnan Patrawala
case.''The case in question is that of a 16 year old, Adnan Patrawala
who was kidnapped in August 2007. Investigations led the Mumbai police
to his homepage on orkut to hunt for clues to his kidnappers. One of
the kidnappers was his friend on Orkut.In May 2007, a young software
professional Kaushambi Layek was murdered in a hotel room. Clues from
Layek's orkut pages led the police to Manish Thakur's homepage. What
intrigued the investigators was that Layek was Manish's only friend on
Orkut, a strange thing to happen given that a member can have as many
friends as they like. Today, Thakur is cooling his heels in jail.The
sucess of such cases has led the Mumbai police to create Maharashtra's
first cyber police station. ''The work will begin soon the police will
now have more manpower and expertise. Cyber officers will register
cases at the police station and detect them,'' said Deven Bharati.It's
a thin line that divides the real world and the virtual world and
plugging into both can mean nailing potential killers.
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