Considering the increasing rate of cyber crime cases against women, the cyber crime committee of Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) has come up with a set of solutions which shall help in spreading awareness about such crimes. The solutions also include making of short films and screening them across 700 theatres so that ways to avoid falling victim are known. The seven-member committee recently came out with solutions like screening of short films which broadly speaks about cyber stalking, revenge pornography and matrimonial frauds, publishing an informative booklet in Marathi, conducting of training workshops for trainers to create awareness across targeted audience in every Maharashtra school and doing a detailed research on topics revolving around cyber crime on women. Advocate and cyber expert Prashant Mali said, "Women are falling prey to various crimes in cyber space like online abuse, online defamation, sextortion, pornography, matrimonial and dating apps frauds. There is more than 200% exponential growth," Data procured from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reveals that in 30% of the cases, the accused persons are known to the victims. The accused execute these crimes with a motive of illegal gain, revenge, insult, prank and stealing information. A senior police officer said awareness is the key to stopping the alarming increase in number of women falling prey. "Since the cyberspace is easily accessible, dynamic and without borders, one has the liberty to post contents anonymously. The most common forms of cyber crimes against women include trolling, abusing, threatening, stalking, voyeurism, body-shaming, defaming, revenge porn and other forms of indecent representation of women," said Dr Balsing Rajput, superintendent, Maharashtra cyber cell.

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