Only six officers and ten staff: this is the total manpower of the state cyber, which is responsible for investigating cyber offences of 35 districts in Maharashtra. The shortage of manpower is delaying investigation of important cases, said officers. The officers have made a request to the state home department for an additional 15 inspectors and five assistant commissioners of police.

The state cyber earlier used to work as a nodal agency for the state police, but it now even registers FIRs to investigate important cases like the loan app harassment case. During coverage of the loan app harassment cases, mid-day found that only two inspectors, two assistant inspectors and two sub-inspectors had been allotted to the state cyber along with 10 staff.