Police Station Handwara organises Cyber Crime awareness programme
Kupwara Times
Kupwara, 12 Oct: In order to generate awareness among general public about Cyber Crimes, today Handwara Police organised a Cyber Crime Awareness Programme at PS Handwara. SDPO Handwara Shri Fariz Hussain-JKPS hosted the awareness programme besides DySP (Prob) Ms Anam Zahoor-JKPS and SHO PS Handwara were also present at the event.The event was attended by respectable citizens and youth of Handwara area.
During the programme, chairing officer briefed about various types of cyber threats/crimes such as identity theft, credit card fraud, data stealing, cyber stalking, Pornography, OTP frauds etc. He advised the participants to adopt safe browsing habits, to avoid suspicious websites while surfing the Internet. He also appealed the participants to not share OTPs or Bank Account Details and Passwords with anyone. He also explained the ways to adopt precautionary measures while conducting Internet Banking and online transactions. The Participants were also cautioned against accepting friend requests from unknown persons or chatting with unauthenticated persons on social media.
At the end, participants appreciated the efforts of Handwara Police for organising Cyber awareness programme and spreading awareness about various cyber crimes among the common masses.The event concluded with the vote of thanks.
