Coimbatore: The choice of economic offences has come down in the town, thanks to the growing consciousness among the folks relating to online frauds.
The town, in line with the statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau on Thursday, reported least choice of circumstances on this regard in 2016. At 118, the quantity of circumstances registered in Coimbatore was nearly 60 instances not up to that of Delhi, which tops the list of 19 cities with 5,942 economic offence circumstances.
According to the data -- economic offences in metropolitan cities, 2016 -- Jaipur saw 4,742 circumstances and Mumbai, 4,191. Out of the 19 cities in the list, nine recorded more than 1,000 circumstances.
Besides Coimbatore, the only other town that registered just above 100 circumstances was Kozhikode. At 426, Chennai saw nearly 50% drop in economic offence circumstances in 2016 from 700 in 2014. Both Chennai and Coimbatore recorded a steep fall in the number economic offences. In Coimbatore, circumstances dipped to 118 in 2016 from 188 in 2014.
Officials, who labored with the commercial offences wing in the town, attributed the steep fall in circumstances to the growing consciousness among the folks relating to online frauds. "We have conducted a lot of awareness activities for the people. And thanks to the extensive media coverage on online frauds, people are aware about spam emails and messages," a former officer mentioned.
However, officers mentioned the fraudsters have started to target vulnerable population. "Fraudsters target people who are in need. For instance, there are land frauds where people put up flex banners and posters to lure prospective buyers with an offer to get a home by paying Rs 1lakh," mentioned every other former officer. "Most cases we reported were involving people who were in need of money or so," the source added.
According to them, lengthen in registering FIRs and the trouble in securing the accused may also have performed a task in the fall of monetary offence circumstances. "It takes about 15-30days to register an FIR. And, we have to look into the legal aspects of it as the crime has to fit in the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors Act (TNPID), 1997. By the time this is done, the accused gets a wind of it. And in many cases, the accused approach the court for anticipatory bail," the source mentioned.
Also, the time taken to protected the misplaced money could also be long and tedious. "In cases of land fraud, the money is deposited over three-four years. So, the case has a long history. This makes it difficult for us to secure the money quickly," the source mentioned.
The town, in line with the statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau on Thursday, reported least choice of circumstances on this regard in 2016. At 118, the quantity of circumstances registered in Coimbatore was nearly 60 instances not up to that of Delhi, which tops the list of 19 cities with 5,942 economic offence circumstances.
According to the data -- economic offences in metropolitan cities, 2016 -- Jaipur saw 4,742 circumstances and Mumbai, 4,191. Out of the 19 cities in the list, nine recorded more than 1,000 circumstances.
Besides Coimbatore, the only other town that registered just above 100 circumstances was Kozhikode. At 426, Chennai saw nearly 50% drop in economic offence circumstances in 2016 from 700 in 2014. Both Chennai and Coimbatore recorded a steep fall in the number economic offences. In Coimbatore, circumstances dipped to 118 in 2016 from 188 in 2014.
Officials, who labored with the commercial offences wing in the town, attributed the steep fall in circumstances to the growing consciousness among the folks relating to online frauds. "We have conducted a lot of awareness activities for the people. And thanks to the extensive media coverage on online frauds, people are aware about spam emails and messages," a former officer mentioned.
However, officers mentioned the fraudsters have started to target vulnerable population. "Fraudsters target people who are in need. For instance, there are land frauds where people put up flex banners and posters to lure prospective buyers with an offer to get a home by paying Rs 1lakh," mentioned every other former officer. "Most cases we reported were involving people who were in need of money or so," the source added.
According to them, lengthen in registering FIRs and the trouble in securing the accused may also have performed a task in the fall of monetary offence circumstances. "It takes about 15-30days to register an FIR. And, we have to look into the legal aspects of it as the crime has to fit in the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors Act (TNPID), 1997. By the time this is done, the accused gets a wind of it. And in many cases, the accused approach the court for anticipatory bail," the source mentioned.
Also, the time taken to protected the misplaced money could also be long and tedious. "In cases of land fraud, the money is deposited over three-four years. So, the case has a long history. This makes it difficult for us to secure the money quickly," the source mentioned.
Economic offences come down in city
![Economic offences come down in city]()
Reviewed by Kailash
on
December 01, 2017
Rating:
