Combating Cyber
220 probes completed, 100 cases in pipeline
BSS
The countrys first-ever Cyber crime Training and Investigation Centres are in full swing from this month while the investigation centre completed 220 forensic investigations and is dealing with over 100 more cases in pipeline, reports BSS.
Both the cyber training centre and cyber investigation centre (CIC) are in full operation from this month (March) as cent per cent works for installing those have already been completed, Project Director and CIDs police super of Dhaka Metro (North) Rezaul Hawlader told BSS yesterday. Both the centres were constructed at a cost of US dollars 3.5 million (around Tk 28 crore) under the project of Enhancing Cyber Investigation Capacity of Bangladesh Police, he added. The government contributed around Tk 4.5 crore while KOICA gave the rest of the money. Works of setting up the project have started in 2012.
Most of the equipment were purchased from Korea and the United States, and some others from Germany. Six CID officers, including a computer programmer, with posts equivalent to additional police supers, two assistant police supers, and three sub-inspectors have already been trained in a Korean university for six months. The trained CID officers and two computer experts from Korea will train others, and now they are preparing a syllabus suitable for Bangladesh.
The investigation centre has three departmentsmobile forensic to retrieve and assess data collected from the mobile phones; computer forensic to assess data retrieved from computers and laptops, while system forensic to assess data collected from hardware, CCTVs (closed Circuit Camera Televisions), pen drives and other devices.
The government has contributed around Taka 4.5 crore while KOICA gave the rest of money in the project. Cybercrime Investigation Centre (CIC) is now housed on the third floor of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters at Malibagh in Dhaka of police while the two-storey cyber training centre on the second floor of the Traffic and Driving School at Mill Barack in the old city. Most of the machinery for the project has been purchased from Korea and the United States and some equipment from Germany. Six officers of CID including a computer programmer equivalent to the post of additional police super, two assistant police supers, and three sub inspectors have already got a six-month training on cybercrime from a Korean university.
