Srinagar, Sept. 17 -- National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed that there have been 40 percent surge in cybercrimes in Jammu and Kashmir last year.

This is despite the pandemic and slow internet in Jammu and Kashmir last year.

Sextortion fake news, blackmailing are some of the cybercrimes registered by the police in J&K last year.

From 73 cases in 2018 and 2019, 120 cases have been reported in 2020 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Out of these 120 cases, NCRB said 25 women have been the victim of cybercrimes in Jammu and Kashmir last year.

India recorded a total of 50,035 cases of cybercrime in 2020, which is an 11.8% increase from the previous year,

NCRB said 38 cases of publication and transmission of the obscene and sexually explic...