Vijayawada (AP), Dec 29 (PTI) The number of registeredcases of cyber crime and crimes against women increased inVijayawada city in 2017.
City police commissioner Goutam Sawang today releasedcrime statistics for the year.
As many as 185 cyber crimes were reported this year inthe city against 87 in 2016.
Of the cyber crimes reported this year, 120 wererelated to online bank frauds, involving Rs 63,09,985.
It was a sharp increase compared to 2016, when 52cases of online bank frauds involving Rs 25,77,743 had beenreported.
In 2017, 992 cases of crimes against women, includingdowry deaths, abetment of suicide, rape and murder, werereported, against 902 in 2016.
The commissioner said that formation of MahilaMitra, Vruddha Mitra and Bal Mitra committees to help women,senior citizens and orphans was yielding good results. PTI CORKRK.
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