PALPA, Feb 16: The District Police Office, Palpa, has recorded a total of 53 cyber complaints in 11 months.
The office saw the registration of 53 complaints relating to cyber in the last 11 months from February 19, 2024, to January 13, 2025, according to Superintendent of Police, Narendra Chand. Most of those, 16, are Facebook ID hackings.
Nepal in the Emerging Cyber Warfront
Similarly, out of those forwarded as cybercrime cases, 17 have been settled so far.
Cybercrimes are perpetrated via social network sites and apps—Facebook, Twitter (X), YouTube, Messenger, Emo, Insta, Viber, and WhatsApp, among others.
SP Chand said cyber complaints were on the rise of late owing to the expansion of the internet and IT infrastructures, increasing use of digital gadgets, and low digital literacy.
