Hyderabad, Oct. 4 -- Department of Justice Secretary Niraj Verma on Sunday called for strengthening India's institutional and legal framework to tackle cybercrimes against children, including establishing at least one dedicated cyber police station in every district and creating a unified national mechanism for handling such cases.
Addressing a session on the concluding day of the two-day NALSA South Zone Regional Conference here,Verma said data from the NCRB's Crime in India 2024 report showed that while overall crime in the country had declined by 10.8 per cent, crimes registered against children had increased by 46 per cent.
He said 89 per cent of cybercrimes against children involved Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), while 96.6 per ...