The public who are facing various threats via the internet has been requested to seek the assistance of the Police Computer Crimes Investigation Division.
Police Spokesman, DIG Nihal Thalduwa said that people facing various harassment and threats from individuals via the internet can file a complaint with the Police Computer Crimes Investigation Division.
Addressing the media, DIG Thalduwa said those requiring assistance can file a complaint via the email dir.ccid@police.gov.lk.
He further said that complaints can also be filed via the Police Children & Women Bureau hotline 109 which is operational 24/7.
The Police Spokesman revealed the helplines after a 21-year-old youth from Hikkaduwa was apprehended for harassing a young woman via Facebook.
The youth had repeatedly proposed to the girl, who had rejected him on multiple occasions. He had then sent a link to the girl claiming that her explicit images had been uploaded to the internet, which the girl had requested her boyfriend to inspect.
The link led to a phishing attack through which the suspect had obtained the online chat conversations and images between the couple, which he had used to create explicit images of the woman and had threatened her in exchange for sexual favours.
The woman had filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department after which the suspect had been lured to Piliyandala and had been apprehended. (NewsWire)
