Odisha Police NFSU cybercrime training MoU

On August 4, 2026, the CID-Crime Branch of India — Odisha Police signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Bhubaneswar campus, to enhance cybercrime investigation and digital forensics capabilities. The MoU was signed by Crime Branch DGP Vinaytosh Mishra and NFSU Campus Director Purabi Pokhariyal, in the presence of India — Odisha DGP Yogesh Bahadur Khurania, who inaugurated the first training programme titled 'Cyber Crime Investigation and Digital Forensics.' The partnership aims to strengthen institutional capacity to tackle evolving cyber threats through advanced training, forensic expertise, joint research, and technical cooperation. Under the agreement, 480 officers and personnel from all 34 police districts and the Crime Branch will be trained in 16 batches by January 2027, with each batch of 30 participants undergoing a six-day programme. The collaboration also covers crime scene management, higher education, forensic infrastructure development, and technical consultancy. India — Odisha has already established 20 Cyber Crime and Economic Offences Police Stations and equipped police stations with modern hardware and software worth nearly Rs 15 crore. Cybercrime cases in the state have surged from 124 in 2014 to 2,803 in 2025, with financial losses rising from Rs 8.97 crore in 2018 to Rs 154.5 crore in 2024.