Cyber fraud complaints of over ₹10 lakh, lodged through helpline or portal, to robotically convert into FIRs

Cyber crimes consciousness portray at District Police Commissionarate workplace in Khammam. Picture for illustration solely
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The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) has launched a brand new system that robotically converts monetary cybercrime complaints with a fraud worth above ₹10 lakh, and registered on the 1930 helpline or cybercrime.gov.in portal, into First Data Stories (FIRs). The e-Zero FIR initiative has been launched on a pilot foundation first in Delhi, Union Residence Minister Amit Shah mentioned on Monday (Could 19, 2025).

The brand new system that may drive investigations to swiftly cracking down on cybercriminals will quickly be prolonged to your entire nation, the Ministry of Residence Affairs (MHA) mentioned.

Mr. Shah directed the implementation of the initiative at a latest evaluate assembly of the I4C, protecting in view the difficulties confronted by victims of economic cybercrimes in recovering the cash misplaced.

The newly launched course of entails the mixing of I4C’s Nationwide Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) system, the Delhi Police’s e-FIR system, and the Nationwide Crime File Bureau’s Crime and Legal Monitoring Community and Techniques.

“Now, complaints associated to monetary losses above the brink restrict of ₹10 lakh made to NCRP and 1930 will robotically result in registration of a Zero FIR with the e-Crime Police Station of Delhi. This will likely be instantly routed to the territorial Cybercrime Police Stations. Complainants can go to the cybercrime Police Station inside 3 days and get the Zero FIR transformed into an everyday FIR,” the MHA mentioned. 

The method is line with the provisions of Sections 173 (1) and 1(ii) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The e-Crime Police Station of Delhi has been notified for the registration of e-FIRs, adopted by their switch to the jurisdictional police stations for cybercrime complaints of a specified nature reported on the NCRP.

This initiative will enhance the conversion of complaints lodged on the NCRP and the 1930 helpline into FIRs, allow straightforward restoration of cash misplaced by victims, and facilitate punitive motion towards cyber criminals, the MHA mentioned.