Bhubaneswar, Oct. 12 -- Bhubaneswar: Cases of cyber crime in Odisha saw a big jump of 76 per cent in 2019 as compared to the previous year. It is no wonder that cyber criminals are running riot with opening fake Facebook accounts in the name of Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi and DIG (Investigation), Anup Sahoo to extort money from people.

Speaking on the matter, former Odisha DGP, Sanjeev Marik opined that cyber criminals are using names of such police personnel or persons in higher posts as it's easy to extort money or dupe people.

"They (cyber criminals) have created the accounts in the name of Sarangi and Sahoo as they are in such higher posts in the police department. Their only intention is to dupe people. Police cases shoul...