Cyberabad Police organise India’s first-of-its-kind ‘Defreeze Accounts Mela

Hyderabad,Feb 14 (TNT):In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, the Cyberabad Cyber 
Crimes Police organised a special “Defreeze Accounts Mela” here on Saturday.
On the occasion, no-Objection Certificates (NOCs) were handed over to account holders
whose bank accounts had been frozen during cyber fraud investigations.
Explaining the initiative, Cyber Crimes DCP T. Sai Manohar said that during cyber fraud 
probes, accounts suspected to be linked to fraudulent transactions are promptly frozen once 
victims report incidents through the 1930 helpline or the National Cyber Crime Reporting 
Portal (NCRP). 
While such action is necessary to prevent diversion of funds, verification revealed that some 
frozen accounts belonged to individuals with no involvement in criminal activity, he said.
He said the police therefore conducted a focused verification exercise, examining nearly 110 
accounts frozen through the NCRP system. 
After detailed scrutiny of account holders’ identities, transaction histories and supporting 
documents, those found unrelated to offences were cleared and defrozen following due legal 
procedure, he said.
The initiative, he said, ensured timely relief to innocent citizens while allowing investigators
to concentrate on organised cyber offenders.
The DCP also advised the public that in case of cyber fraud they should immediately dial 1930 
or lodge a complaint on cybercrime.gov.in, and cautioned against sharing OTPs, passwords or 
banking details with unknown persons.
ACP A. Ravinder Reddy and Inspectors Raghavender, Shivaprasad, Ramireddy, Durga Ramalinga Prasad,
, Vijay Kumar, Madhu and other personnel participated in the programme.
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