Rajouri Feburary 21: Under 'Operation Pathshala' aiming towards spreading awareness among students, Jammu & Kashmir police in Rajouris' Nowshera sub division organised an awareness program at Government degree College Nowshera.

Sub Divisional Police Officer Nowshera, Jaswant Singh presided over the event in presence of staff members of institution alongwith SHO Sumit Magotra.

During this awareness program, Sub Divisional Police Officer Nowshera Jaswant Singh delivered lecture on cyber security and awareness among the students making them aware about cyber risks, precautions while using internet and social media handles and to remain safe from online frauds.

The police officer informed the participating students that the cases of online frauds as well as cybercrime are increasing with each passing day and lack of awareness and proper education towards this new type of crime is a reason of this.

He further appealed the students to remain fully aware about such kind of frauds and also to act as ambassadors of awareness in the society making every single citizen aware about this threat.

The participants were also made aware that Jammu and Kashmir police has established a number of dedicated cyber crime units and any victim of such crime should immediately report the matter before these dedicated units for timely investigation and action.

The police officer also appealed the participants to remain cautious towards banking frauds and not to share OTP, credit and debit card numbers, CVV code and other personal bank details with unknown callers.