Govt bid to insulate youth from radicalisation in cyber space

New Delhi: In a move to check increasing incidents of radicalisation, specially with effective use of cyber space, the home ministry has decided to create two new divisions, which will focus entirely on this menace.

The two divisions, Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalisation (CTCR) and Cyber and Information Security (CIS), came into effect from Friday. The main focus of the CTCR unit would be to develop a long term blueprint, and if required take immediate action with security agencies to neutralise the impact of de-radicalisation, specially by terror groups. The action plan prepared by the CTCR wing would have to be implemented in a time-bound manner by concerned agencies.

The CTCR will also use services of experts in making a plan as to how the youth can be insulated from the growing influence of radicalisation, specially using the online platform. The second division has been created to deal with increasing incidents of online cyber crimes like financial frauds and hacking of websites as well as accounts. It will also rope in cyber officials with expertise in online financial frauds, cyber attacks, hacking, trafficking, identity theft, stealing classified information and dark net.

As part of an administrative process, the home ministry has also merged several other divisions. The three internal security divisions I and III have been merged.