Cyber fraudsters drive up crime in Cyberabad commissionerate

HYDERABAD: Overall crime in Cyberabad commissionerate went up by 13.24% from 27,336 cases in 2020 to 30,954 cases in 2021. The main reasons for this jump is rise in cybercrime cases and crime against women.
Cyberabad police commissioner Stephen Raveendra, during an annual press meet on Monday, said that due to the ease of reporting cybercrime through the national toll free helpline (155260), the number of cyber crime cases registered had gone up by 218%.

Crime against women has gone up by 2% from 2,572 cases in 2020 to 2,621 cases in 2021. On rise in rape cases from 310 cases to 356 cases, Stephen said that except in two cases, in the remaining cases the accused were known to the victim.
On the issue of the sensational accident in 2019, when an allegedly over-speeding car fell from the top of the Biodiversity flyover leading to the death of a woman, deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Vijay Kumar said that chargesheet had been filed against the accused Kalvakuntla Milan Rao and he is facing trial in court.
With regard to alleged cheating by Sandhya Convention MD S Sridhar Rao, commissioner said that till now 13 FIRs were registered against him and in two cases he had been arrested. In some cases, he obtained relief from arrest either from HC or local court. However, the investigation against him is on, he said.
On the question of an additional SP-rank officer in Hyderabad police, who allegedly influenced Raidurgam police to make sure action is not taken against Rao, CP said, “I have already written a detailed report against this officer to Hyderabad CP. I am expecting action will be taken shortly. However, he refrained from answering why no criminal action was taken. When asked about cases against Shilpa Chowdary, accused of duping several elite persons, police said a forensic audit is on to discover any hidden assets.