The ‘Pratibimb’ module provides jurisdictional officials with visibility into the locations of offenders and crime infrastructure.

The Lok Sabha received notice on March 11, 2025, that the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) of the Union Home Ministry had introduced the ‘Pratibimb’ module, which tracks the whereabouts of criminals and has led to 36,296 requests for help with cyber investigations, 17,185 linkages, and 6,046 accused arrests.

Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Minister of State for Home Affairs, responded to a query by stating that ‘Samanvaya‘, a platform for information sharing and analysis on cybercrimes, has been introduced for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).

According to him, it offers data on the perpetrators and crimes linked to interstate connections in cybercrime complaints from different States and UTs.

The ‘Pratibimb’ module maps the locations of offenders and crime infrastructure, giving jurisdictional officials visibility. Law Enforcement Agencies can more easily request and receive techno-legal support from I4C and other SMEs thanks to this module. 36,296 requests for assistance with cyber investigations, 17,185 links, and 6,046 accused people have been arrested as a result,” the Minister stated.

He went on to say that I4C is an affiliated office established by the Ministry to coordinate and fully address all forms of cybercrimes in the nation.

The state-of-the-art ‘National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation)’ was established as part of the I4C in New Delhi to provide early-stage cyber forensic support to State/UT Police Investigating Officers (IOs).  According to him, the National Cyber Forensics Laboratory (Investigation) has so far assisted State/UT LEAs in about 11,835 cybercrime cases.