Friday, 12 June 2026

KERALA PSC / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CYBER LAWS / HI-TECH CRIME ENQUIRY CELL / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CYBER LAWS / HI-TECH CRIME ENQUIRY CELL / NOTES



KERALA PSC / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CYBER LAWS / HI-TECH CRIME ENQUIRY CELL / NOTES

 

·       The Hi-Tech Crime Enquiry Cell is a special unit of the Kerala Police in Kerala, which began operations on the 5th May 2006. It was formed to prevent, detect and defend serious and organized High Technology crimes

·       The unit is organized for the purpose to prevent, investigate and prosecute computer and related crimes by working with other government agencies, the private sector, academic institutions and foreign counterparts

·       Hi-Tech Crime Enquiry Cell (HTCEC) is located at Kerala Police Headquarters, Thiruvananthapuram. It comprises of highly trained personnel who have been trained in Cyber Forensics by C-DAC

·       They are equipped with the state-of-the-art hardware and software to handle any kind of Cyber Crime. One of the mandates of the Cell is to train Police Personnel of the Ditrict in handling of Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence

·       Accordingly, the Cyber Cell conducts training of DySPs/CIs/Sis regularly to impart training on the issues. The most commonly reported Crimes (technology induced in our State are Hacking, sending of pornographic mails, distorting social network sites, sending obscene SMS / Mails, Cyber Cheating, Cyber Stalking etc…

·       Hi-Tech Crime Enquiry Cell is conducting awareness classes on Cyber Crimes among public/Educational Institutions those who require for the same. The program included present scenario of cyber related offences, use and misuse of Information Communication Technology, offences and punishments, Do’s and Don’ts to be followed by the General Public/Students etc…

 

KERALA PSC / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CYBER LAWS / HI-TECH CRIME ENQUIRY CELL / NOTES

 

ACTIVITIES OF HI-TECH CRIME ENQUIRY CELL

·       Assistance to the Investigating Agencies

·       Enquiry of petitions received directly

·       Mobile Phone Trace

·       Digital Evidence Collection

·       Storage Media Analysis

·       Call Data Analysis

·       Handling various website and Internet related Crimes

·       Conducting Awareness Programs among the public including educational institutions

 

 

KERALA PSC / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CYBER LAWS / HI-TECH CRIME ENQUIRY CELL / NOTES

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