mumbai the muchawaited cyber crime police station in the state is set to be inaugurated assignment of posts have begun and computerskilled officers are being selected and interviewed by the crime branch which will head the police stationearlier the information technology act stated that only an assistant commissioner of police or an officer of a higher rank could investigate cyber crimes now the section has been modified and an inspector will be eligible to probe such cases said crime branch chief rakesh maria he added that officers are being handpicked and the procedure would be over by next weekthe epolice stations location above the bandrakurla police station was decided oneandahalf years ago according to an official the facility which has been equipped with modern technology and advanced softwares cam be inaugurated by the mumbai police commissioner or the states directorgeneral of policethe rising number of cyber crimes including threat emails as well as the need to protect the growing business process outsourcing bpo industry has made it imperative for the state to get its own dedicated cyber crimefighting unit with access to stateoftheart technology it will be the third such police station in the country after the ones in it meccas of bangalore and hyderabadlast year when indian mujahideen suspects hacked into the unsecur wifi networks of us national ken haywood khalsa college and kamran akmal powers control pvt ltd and used them to send threat emails warning against terror strikes the crime branch had to register these cases with local police stations before getting into the investigation now the cyber crime police station will have the power to register firs in such cases and make arreststhis unit will also tackle financial terrorism which involves moneylaundering or hawala and online flesh trade the police station with statewide jurisdiction will get money from the budget set aside for modernisation plans the present 18member cyber crime investigation cell ccic in the mumbai police force could be absorbed by the 61strong cyber crime police station officials said