The Maharashtra Government became first state in the country to launch India’s first comprehensive ‘Crime Criminal Tracking Network System’ (CCTNS) in Mumbai. 
•    It was launched through the operationalisation of 34 cyber laboratories across the state in order to combat growing cybercrimes. 
•    The CCTNS has been developed by Pune based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC). 
•    Under it, all police stations in the state will be linked with one another for sharing information about crimes in their respective jurisdictions. 
•    It will pave the way for a digital police force in Maharashtra. 
•    The services of the cyber labs, will be linked by secure high-speed fibre optic cable network. 
•    It will be available to address cyber security concerns of private organisations and banks among others. 
•    Under it, the state government will raise a special cyber police force of around 1,000 policemen well trained to handle the growing incidents of cybercrimes.
 

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