e-Zero FIR System:
The Minister of State for Home informed that the government has introduced the system of registering e-Zero FIRs in cybercrime cases across eighteen States and Union Territories.
- It is a technology-based platform that enables the automated registration of Zero FIRs for value cyber financial crimes.
- It is a new mechanism where financial cybercrime complaints involving fraud above ₹10 lakh are automatically converted into FIRs if reported via the 1930 helpline or the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP).
- It is enabled under Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
How Does the System Work? - Complaints of financial cybercrime losses above ₹10 lakh, once filed through 1930 or NCRP, will automatically trigger a Zero FIR at the e-Crime Police Station.
- This Zero FIR is immediately routed to the relevant territorial cybercrime police station, based on the complainant’s location.
- Victims are required to visit the cybercrime police station within 3 days to get the Zero FIR converted into a regular FIR.
- The process involves integration of: I4C’s National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP), and National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS).
- It is led by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs.
