BY PC Bureau
August 27: Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved the establishment of a dedicated Cyber Police Station in Ladakh to tackle the growing threat of cybercrime, including financial fraud, online scams, digital arrest scams and identity theft.
The new Cyber Police Station will have jurisdiction across the entire Union Territory and will function as Ladakh’s centralised unit for the registration and investigation of cybercrime cases. The notification takes immediate effect.
The station will investigate cyber offences under the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and other applicable laws.
The move follows directions from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to all States and Union Territories to establish and strengthen State Cyber Crime Coordination Centres (S4Cs) as nodal mechanisms for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of cybercrime.
Have approved the establishment of Ladakh’s first dedicated Cyber Police Station with jurisdiction across the entire Union Territory, marking a major step towards ensuring Ladakh’s digital security in wake of the rising cyber-crimes.
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The dedicated unit is expected to strengthen Ladakh’s ability to respond to increasingly sophisticated and borderless cyber threats while improving coordination between law-enforcement agencies, banks, financial institutions, technology platforms and other stakeholders.
The Cyber Police Station will facilitate e-Zero FIRs and coordinate with the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and the 1930 cybercrime helpline. It will also be responsible for the preservation and collection of digital evidence and for taking prompt steps to freeze or place holds on fraudulent financial transactions.
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The unit will work closely with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), banks, financial institutions, telecom service providers and other agencies involved in combating cybercrime.
“As Ladakh rapidly adopts digital banking, UPI, e-commerce and e-Governance services, we must ensure that our citizens are equally protected from emerging threats in the digital space,” Saxena said.
“The establishment of a dedicated Cyber Police Station will strengthen our capacity to prevent cybercrime, protect citizens from financial fraud and ensure swift investigation and response. We are committed to building a secure and trusted digital environment for the people of Ladakh,” the Lieutenant Governor added.
The need for a dedicated cybercrime mechanism has grown as digital fraud has increased in the Union Territory. Between 2021 and 2026, Ladakh recorded 1,077 cybercrime complaints involving around Rs 10 crore. The number of complaints rose sharply from 43 in 2022 to 366 in 2025, highlighting the growing scale of the problem.
The Cyber Police Station will operate under the administrative and operational control of the Chief Executive Officer of the UT Ladakh Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (L4C).
As an interim measure, the necessary personnel and other arrangements will be made from the existing resources of the Ladakh Police.
