Agencies : Thiruvananthapuram, Mon Jul 30 2012, 15:44 hrs
As many as 80,000 cyber crime related complaints have been registered with police in Kerala in the last one year, of which 50,000 relate to harassment of women through new hi-tech devices, Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said here today.
The number of cyber crimes are on the rise in the state with 80,000 complaints lodged in the last one year, of which 50,000 were relating to women alone, the home minister told reporters here.
Most victims of these crimes were teenaged girls and women, he said, adding there was a nefarious attempt to trap young girls to indulge in wrongdoing.
The increase in number of mobile phones had also led to more number of cyber crimes, he said.
Kerala now has three lakh mobile phones, he said.
