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It will take up cases from the city as well as several surrounding districtsThe police department will soon launch a special cell to tackle the growing number of cyber crimes in the city. Thecell will be located in the office of the commissioner of police on Infantry Road, and it will begin functioning from October 26. A police inspector from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will be in charge of the cyber crime team. He will be assisted by two sub-inspectors and 12 police constables. The team is equipped to handle cyber crimes. They have undergone special training and they will undergo more training to become experts in dealing with such cases.The joint commissioner of police (crime) will be heading the cyber crime. While this is good news considering cyber crime cases have increased exponentially in recent years — around 500 cyber crime cases are registered in Bengaluru every year — experts feel the IT capital should have set up a cyber cell years ago. The government had passed an order in 2013 for the setting up of six cyber crime police stations across the state, including one in Bengaluru.In 2014, 675 cyber crime cases were registered in city. Currently, such cases are handled by the cyber laboratory of the CID’s cyber cell on Palace Road. However, the CID cyber cell is unable to handle the increasing number of cases. Hence the government decided to set up cyber crime police stations. The new stations will receive cases from residents of the city. It will also take up cases from central range which includes districts like Bengaluru rural, Tumakuru, Ramanagar, Chikkaballapur, Kolar and KGF.Most cyber crime cases are related to cash withdrawals from debit cards and online purchases from credit and debit cards. “The cyber crime police station will take up cases that involve an amount above Rs.5 lakh, and credit and debit card cases of more than Rs.1 lakh. Fraud cases of less than Rs.1 lakh will have to be investigated by the respective jurisdiction police station officers,” said a senior officer on condition of anonymity.