Bhubaneswar: A team of Delhi Police raided an apartment at Laxmi Sagar in Bhubaneswar on Friday night and picked up an IT professional for allegedly hacking a government website.
The accused identified as Prabhat Patra is a software professional. Prabhat was residing in a flat at Laxmi Sagar area. Prabhat, who runs an office in Bhubaneswar, is alleged to have hacked a government website.
Delhi police carried out raids with the help of Laxmi Sagar police and seized a computer and mobile phone from Patra’s possession.
Police, meanwhile, detained Patra for interrogation.
Odisha has registered a spike in the number of cybercrime cases. According to a report released by the National Crime Records Bureau, Odisha witnessed 542 cases of cybercrime against women in 2022,
