salem the salem police on friday launched the cyber warriors programme to prevent cybercrimes in the cityas part of this police organized a meeting with the correspondents and principals of city colleges addressing the meeting city police commissioner k shankar said cybercrimes were on the rise with the exponential growth of information technology and its use in financial and banking transactions numerous complaints are received from victims of cybercrimes he said adding that all the victims had lost their money he said the awareness about cybercrimes and methods of preventing it were low among the publicto create awareness on cybercrimes and prevent the public from falling prey to it the city police have decided to conduct a series of programmes in the coming months the objective of these programmes was to create awareness among the public about the prevailing cybercrimes and the ways and means to protect themselves from being cheatedshankar said they have nominated ragavendran nagarajan of rr infotech salem as a cybercrime consultant and coordinator for conducting these programmesas part of this programme it is proposed to enrol approximately 10 students from each college to act as facilitators and resource persons for spreading awareness about cybercrimes these students will be called as cyber warriors they will be trained on basics of cybercrimes and prevention strategies to equip them in this regard students who are techsavvy and active on social media will be given preferencesshankar said cybercrime wing of the city police has received 180 complaints till date this year we have seized rs 774 lakh from those involved in frauds this year he said he said credit card and bankrelated crimes form major part of the 180 complaintshe also hinted that they would extend this programme to schools