Dayananda: Cybercrime exceeds 40% of reported offenses in Bengaluru tech corridors
B. Dayananda · Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath · May 12, 2025 · at 1:17:36
Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda explains how crime patterns in the city have shifted from conventional street property crimes to digital financial frauds.
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“Now we are having nearly about 20, 25% of our crimes are cyber crimes now. Maybe in the coming days, in certain divisions, it is already, it has already crossed 40, 45%, like Whitefield Division and Southeast Division. About 40% of the crimes are cyber crimes.”
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