Maharashtra to create integrated cyber platform to tackle online crime

The Maharashtra government was working to create a cyber platform for the detection of cyber crime state Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the Legislative Council here on WednesdayHe was responding to a calling attention motion moved by Congresss Satej Patil about the rising cyber crime and cyber security issuesWe are creating a huge cyber platform and a tender has been recently floated This will be a very dynamic platform All financial institutions including banks NBFCs all social media sites will be brought together on this platform All these will be put onboard and integrated with the latest software which will create a very fast response time Fadnavis saidThe outline of the proposed platform was presented before Union home minister Amit Shah during a meeting of state home ministers and the Union home ministry asked all the states to create such integrated platforms he said2021 ganja seizure in Mumbai Interstate drug network kingpin his aide nabbed from OdishaMeanwhile Mumbai police has arrested the alleged kingpin of an interstate drug syndicate and his aide from Odisha in connection with a twoyearold case in which ganja worth Rs 385 crore was seized in the metropolis an official saidThe AntiNarcotics Cell ANC of the Mumbai crime branch arrested the alleged kingpin Laxmikant alias Laxmibhai Pradhan and his aide Bidyadhar Pradhan both facing other criminal cases from Golanthara in Odishas Ganjam district on Saturday he saidWith this the police have so far arrested five persons in connection with the drug seizure case the official said on TuesdayThe ANCs Ghatkopar unit busted an interstate drug syndicate by arresting three persons with ganja marijuana weighing 1820 kg and valued at Rs 385 crore in December 2021Also read Major fire breaks out in Mumbairsquos Lokmanya Tilak Terminus railway stationDuring investigation it was revealed the contraband was procured from OdishaAn offence under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act was registered against themThe police identified the kingpin of the syndicate and launched a search for him in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh He was found to be moving in different cities of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to evade arrest said the officialAfter months of search officials of the ANCs Ghatkopar unit got a specific tipoff that Laxmibhai Pradhan and his aide Bidyadhar were in OdishaAccordingly a team was dispatched from Mumbai to the eastern state and the duo was nabbed the official saidBoth were brought to Mumbai on transit remandAn indepth investigation was underway to trace other members of the syndicate he saidLaxmibhai Pradhan has several criminal cases pending against him including murder and those under the Arms Act in different parts of Odisha Bidyadhar Pradhan too faces three criminal cases the official said With inputs from PTI