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Shirish B Pradhan
Kathmandu, Dec 27 (PTI) Some 300 internet cafes in
Nepal have come under the police scanner after the
introduction of a new regulation by the government to check
cyber crimes.
Cyber users will now be required to show ID cards,
register their names, address and telephone numbers in the
cyber cafe as per the new regulation, chief of the
Metropolitan Police Crime Division, SSP Rana Bahadur Chand
said.
There are around 1,200 cyber cafes in Kathmandu valley
and we will gradually bring all under the new law, he
informed.
As the use of internet is growing day by day among the
people in the urban areas, cyber crime has also increased
manyfold, he pointed out.
As per the instruction of the government, MPCD has
initiated steps to bring the cyber cafes, which are being
operated in Kathmandu valley, under its scanner, he said.
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