Bangalore: Cyber attacks and anti-social activities have been widespreading globally and as matter of fact India has been witnessing a rise in the cyber crimes in the recent past. Bangalore has recorded the highest cyber crimes in the country, following it is the national capital Delhi. Bangalore is surging ahead to become the cyber crime capital of India after becoming the suicide capital of the country last year.

The silicon valley of India, Bangalore registered 137 cases of cyber crimes the highest in the country during the period 2009-2010, while Delhi recorded 46 registrations. Mumbai and Chennai were next on the list following the two cities with 12 cases being registered during the same period reports TelecomTiger.

Unsurprisingly, National Crime Records Bureau has no data for the number cyber crimes reported in the year 2011 from the Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai.

Sachin Pilot, the minister of state for Communications & Information in a written reply to parliament briefed about the governments initiatives to curb the growing threat of Cyber Crimes in the country.

The minister claimed that a total of 154, 178, 288 and 799 persons were arrested under Information Technology Act 2000 during 2007-2010.  A total number of 429, 195, 263 and 294 persons were arrested under Cyber Crime related Sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) during 2007-2010.

Adding further he said that “A major programme has been initiated on development of cyber forensics specifically cyber forensic tools, setting up of infrastructure for investigation and training of the users, particularly police and judicial officers in use of this tool to collect and analyze the digital evidence and present them in Court.”