Hyderabad: Three women IPS officers to head cybercrimes wing

Three women IPS officers will be heading the newly created Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cybercrimes) posts in the tri-commissionerates

Hyderabad: Three women IPS officers will be heading the newly created Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cybercrimes) posts in the tri-commissionerates of Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Rachakonda.

The State government during the transfers of police officials late on Wednesday night issued orders posting Sneha Mehra, a 2018 batch IPS officer as DCP Cybercrime Hyderabad while Ritiraj, also of 2018 IPS batch was posted as DCP (Cybercrime) Cyberabad and B Anuradha, a 2017 batch IPS officer was posted as DCP (Cybercrimes) Rachakonda.

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Previously, an ACP rank officer headed the cybercrime police stations and an official of a higher rank used to supervise their investigations in cases. With cybercrime cases increasing, a separate DCP Cybercrimes post has been created in the three commissionerates.