chennai the cyber lab at the city police commissionerate has been upgraded at a cost of rs 70 lakh and will be formally inaugurated on friday the upgraded facility one of the most sophistictaed in the country will help the police in solving itrelated caseswe have had a successful test run nabbing the haryana kabaddi player sumith by using the advanced technology installed said a senior police officer the upgraded lab has 68 forensic tools 43 relating to hardware and 25 to advanced software the system has an external memory hard disk which has a storage capacity of 320 gigabyte as well as an inbuilt storage facility though bangalore has a cyber lab the technology is not as advanced as in chennaithe lab will be under the direct supervision of the deputy commissioner of police central crime branch however there is a proposal to upgrade the cyber crime wing attached to the assistant commissioner of police to the level of deputy commissioner of police because the wing plays a dominant role in cracking whitecollar crime as well as other crimes such as murder for gain a senior police officer saidthe cyber lab will also be useful in investigating cases involving computers mobile and satellite phones the internet issues of tampering destruction restoration and retrieval of stored data hackers who get into protected networks defamatory and illegal publications and intellectual property rights and crimes city police commissioner t rajendran will inaugurate the lab on friday morning at a function organised by the city police since the cyber crime wing was established in 2003 it has handled 133 cases and more than 2500 petitions sources saidselvarajatimesgroupcom