Filing a Report

Answer 1

One needs to first register in the Ministry of Home Affairs/National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal or send an email to complaint-mwcd@gov.in, a hotline created by the Ministry of Women and Child development to report online bullying and abuse. Select appropriate category and sub-category Report with all necessary data that is required Now let us get into the details on how to go about reporting a cyber crime and what details need to be filled in the portal.

In the Home Page of the Ministry of Home Affairs/National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal once you click on “Report Women/Child Related Crime” there is a button to “File a complaint” as shown in Figure 1.

After clicking the “File a complaint” button it takes you to the “Terms and Conditions” page which one would need to accept before going to the next step in the process for filing a complaint as shown in Figure 2.

Once you click on “I Accept” and if you have selected “Report Anonymously” from the “Report Women/Child Related Crime” tab, it takes you to the following page as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3 is self explanatory and one needs to fill the Incident and Suspect details and submit.

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Once you click on “File a complaint” and if you have selected “Report & Track” from the “Report Women/Child Related Crime” tab or click on “Report other Cyber Crime” tab it asks you to register your mobile number along with other details as shown in Figure 4. However, like before you will need to do the steps shown in Figure 1 and 2 and then do the one shown in the Figure 4 and proceed to register the complaint.

Do note that providing false information could make the complainant liable to penal action under the Indian Penal Code.

Once the complaint is registered, an acknowledgement number is generated and status of the complaint can be checked using the same. The complaints reported on the portal would then be handled by the appropriate state/UT police authorities.

Answer 2

One needs to first register in the Ministry of Home Affairs/National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal or send an email to complaint-mwcd@gov.in, a hotline created by the Ministry of Women and Child development to report online bullying and abuse. Select appropriate category and sub-category Report with all necessary data that is required Now let us get into the details on how to go about reporting a cyber crime and what details need to be filled in the portal.

In the Home Page of the Ministry of Home Affairs/National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal once you click on “Report Women/Child Related Crime” there is a button to “File a complaint” as shown in Figure 1.

After clicking the “File a complaint” button it takes you to the “Terms and Conditions” page which one would need to accept before going to the next step in the process for filing a complaint as shown in Figure 2.

Once you click on “I Accept” and if you have selected “Report Anonymously” from the “Report Women/Child Related Crime” tab, it takes you to the following page as shown in Figure 3.

igure 3 is self explanatory and one needs to fill the Incident and Suspect details and submit.

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Once you click on “File a complaint” and if you have selected “Report & Track” from the “Report Women/Child Related Crime” tab or click on “Report other Cyber Crime” tab it asks you to register your mobile number along with other details as shown in Figure 4. However, like before you will need to do the steps shown in Figure 1 and 2 and then do the one shown in the Figure 4 and proceed to register the complaint.

Do note that providing false information could make the complainant liable to penal action under the Indian Penal Code.

Once the complaint is registered, an acknowledgement number is generated and status of the complaint can be checked using the same. The complaints reported on the portal would then be handled by the appropriate state/UT police authorities.