MUMBAI: Maharashtra Cyber launched a cyber-awareness quick movie, Digital Arrest, and the 1930 Maharashtra Cyber Anthem at an occasion in Mumbai on Wednesday, attended by a number of celebrities and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.Actors Ashish Vidyarthi, Pankaj Tripathi, Sharad Kelkar, Sonali Bendre, Javed Jaffrey and Mangesh Desai, together with singer Sunidhi Chauhan and comic Samay Raina, had been amongst those that contributed to the marketing campaign and attended the occasion. The quantity 1930 is Maharashtra’s cybercrime helpline.Talking on the occasion, Fadnavis harassed the significance of public consciousness in tackling cybercrime. He mentioned artists, actors and singers may play an necessary function in reaching residents with messages about on-line fraud.“Cyber criminals dupe residents by horrifying and intimidating them within the identify of police, the CBI, or judges. Residents should not fall prey to any such techniques and will instantly contact the cyber helpline quantity ‘1930’ in case of cyber fraud,” Fadnavis mentioned.The celebrities had been felicitated for his or her contribution to the Digital Arrest quick movie and the 1930 Maharashtra Cyber Anthem.Samay Raina, who was additionally felicitated, spoke about his lengthy affiliation with Maharashtra Cyber.“Thanks a lot for the felicitations. Mera aur Maharashtra cell ka rishta bahut purana hai. (My relationship with the Maharashtra Cyber cell could be very outdated. Bahut zyada energetic hai Maharashtra cyber cell (Maharashtra Cyber could be very energetic), wherever you might be, US or India, they are going to catch you,” he mentioned.Talking from private expertise, Raina mentioned, “1930 can be a nice quantity. I’ve really saved it as a result of I usually get calls from there.”He then joked about being woken up within the morning for the occasion.“That is the primary time the Cyber Cell has woken a comic within the morning to felicitate somebody,” Raina mentioned.Talking to ANI, Vidyarthi mentioned the marketing campaign was necessary as a result of expertise, whereas making folks’s lives simpler, was additionally being utilized by criminals to focus on bizarre residents.“I really feel that all of us use expertise to make our lives simpler, and other people use it to destroy the lives of bizarre folks. I feel this marketing campaign is necessary so that you just cease this crime from occurring,” he mentioned.“It’s necessary to unfold consciousness that there is no such thing as a such factor as digital arrest. The movies which can be being made, the apps which can be being introduced, that’s such a beautiful factor. Folks will lastly know in regards to the ongoing huge rip-off,” he added.The marketing campaign seeks to lift consciousness in regards to the so-called “digital arrest” rip-off, during which fraudsters impersonate cops, authorities officers or different authorities to frighten victims and extort cash from them.Fadnavis urged residents to stay alert and phone the 1930 cyber helpline instantly in the event that they fall sufferer to cyber fraud.(With inputs from ANI)
