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It is an initiative of the cybercrime cell of Gujarat Police, which specifically deals with various kinds of online crimes.
Barring online bullying and harassment, the cell also deals with financial crimes and identity theft.
The helpline number is 100.
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Ahmedabad police revealed that over the past one year starting from January 2020 till date, around 5,000 people were subjected to cyberbullying, according to a data.
From January 2020 to July 2021, Over 4,985 complaints have been made by the victims, mostly women.
The victims took to various social media platforms to lodge their complaints to the Anti Cyber-Bullying Unit of Gujarat Police, said the officials of Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell, which heads the ‘Cyber Aashvast project’.
The Cyber Aashvast project was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in December 2019.
It is an initiative of the cybercrime cell of Gujarat Police, which specifically deals with various kinds of online crimes.
Barring online bullying and harassment, the cell also deals with financial crimes and identity theft.
The helpline number is 100.
According to the officials, apart from stalking and bullying, the complaints also included cases of sexual harassment, impersonation, morphing of pictures of the victims followed by lewd activities made against them, and in most cases, the complainants were women.
Except for a few cases, among the 5,000 cases received by the anti-cyberbullying unit, the victims were mostly young girls and women.
“The complainants were not just from Ahmedabad but all across Gujarat,” said Amit Vasava, deputy commissioner of police, Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell.