Mahakumbhnagar, December 11 (IANS). The Yogi Adityanath government, which is busy finalizing the preparations for Mahakumbh, is going to digitize the grand event on such a large scale for the first time. Along with digitalization, extensive preparations are also being made to prevent online fraud.
In this sequence, to provide cyber security, a cyber police station has been started in the fair area. Through this, it will not be possible to deceive people by misusing AI, dark web and social media.
The special thing is that this time a special team of selected officers from the entire state has been called for the online security of such a large number of devotees coming from India and abroad. Selected cyber experts of the state have reached here, who will be deployed 24 hours for cyber security of 45 crore devotees.
On the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, preparations are being made on a large scale to make Mahakumbh 2025 the most grand and divine event till date. More than 45 crore devotees are expected to come during the fair, for whose safety Chief Minister Yogi has directed the officers to pay special attention. In this sequence, the fair officials are paying special attention to the safety of each devotee. To provide them cyber security, a special team of selected officers from across the state has been called to Mahakumbhnagar.
Mahakumbhnagar Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi says that a plan has been prepared to protect the devotees in every way from the miscreants of fake and dark websites and social media. For this, experienced officers from the entire state have been called to Mahakumbhnagar. As soon as they arrived, the cyber cell experts took their positions. The most important thing is that AI, X, Facebook and Google will not be misused in any way in Mahakumbh. Link’s weapons prepared fraudulently by the thugs will be destroyed. Mahakumbhnagar’s cyber expert team, working swiftly, has taken 44 such suspicious websites on its radar. Against whom action is being taken.
The devotees coming to Mahakumbh are being made aware on a large scale. They have also been issued number 1920 for information related to the Maha Kumbh Mela. With this, you can use government websites (which have gov.in). Apart from this, information about fake websites can also be given to the police station, on which the cyber police station will take immediate action. Along with this, a team of cyber experts is working day and night for the cyber security of more than 45 crore devotees coming to Mahakumbh from India and abroad. This team is not only active with laptops and computers at one place, apart from this their mobile team is also working, which is solving a large number of cases related to fake websites and fake accounts of social media on mobile only.
Cyber experts are also keeping an eye on those who ask for money from people through AI, Facebook, X or Instagram. As soon as complaints are received, effective action will be taken against them. Apart from these, strict action will also be taken against those who commit fraud through fake websites and links. The team of cyber experts is in alert mode 24 hours for the security of every devotee coming to Mahakumbh.
–IANS
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