Cyber crimes increase in Mizoram
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network

Aizawl, October 05 2014 : The number of cyber crimes have been rapidly increasing every year in Mizoram.

Porn and other obscene related languages have been recorded as the highest among different cases, a leading Aizawl based daily reported today.

According to CID Crime, during 2009 to 2014 as many as 37 cases had been registered under cyber crime of which 14 cases were registered in 2014 .

The rate of cheating women through social networking sites has been increasingly fast since recent times, CID sources said.

As per the record of Cyber Crime Cell under Mizoram police, the highest number of cases registered so far during 2009 � 2014 were against pornography and sex video.

"Cyber Crime has been increasing rapidly and recently the number of cheating women monetarily by some miscreants has been prominent through social networking sites.

Women are vulnerable to their unknown male friends.

They have been often cheated with polite behaviour through social networking site like facebook", CID Crime branch told Zalen.

The CID sources said that recently a woman registered a case when she allegedly found that she was being cheated by another woman through a social networking site.

The woman was sent a big parcel by the cheat.

She realized that she had been cheated when she was asked to pay a huge amount for the parcel.

Apart from such incidents, bullying cases are common currently.

Of these cases, monetary fraud through SMS, Whatapps, Facebook and other social networking sites are the most common.

"Women were being either teased or negotiated in a friendly gesture to pay money", the CID sources said.

Generally, the occurrence of cyber crime is mostly connected with debauchery, monetary fraud and thirst for revenge.

In Mizoram cyber crime is used for disgracing rival and immoral enjoyment.

Besides, pornography and copyright reserve cases are also common.

The first cyber crime was registered in Mizoram on May 20, 2009 by a clergy (Reverend).

As mentioned in the FIR, the email account of the Reverend was hacked by unknown person.

Subsequently the hacker, allegedly a Nigerian National disguised himself as the Reverend and demanded US dollar 2,500 from the latter's friends on the pretext of losing his wallet and was short of cash.

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