Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Chennai Cyber Crime Police Station's Airport Location Draws Visitor Complaints
I'm going to tell you about a problem that people who were tricked on the internet have in a big city called Chennai.
These people are called cyber crime victims.
They need to go to a special police station to get help, but this police station is inside the airport.
Coming and going from the airport costs money for parking, and waiting at the police station can take three to four hours.
The police also ask for paper copies of documents, but there is no photocopy shop inside the airport.
So the visitors must drive to other places like Pallavaram to make copies.
When they come back, they have to pay the parking fee again.
The station used to be in a place called Guindy, which was easier to reach.
Many people hope the station will be moved back to Guindy or to St. Thomas Mount so it is fair and easy for everyone.
The south Chennai cyber crime branch police station functions from within the Chennai airport campus, alongside the airport police station and the assistant commissioner of police's office.
Nearly 40 to 50 complainants and witnesses visit the station each day, with cases coming from Alandur, Adambakkam, Meenambakkam and other south Chennai police districts.
Visitors complain that airport toll plaza parking charges add to their burden, especially since enquiries often take three to four hours.
A lack of photocopy and printing facilities inside the airport campus forces complainants to travel to Pallavaram, Meenambakkam or Alandur, often paying parking charges again on return.
Victims and lawyers have urged relocation of the station to the Guindy police station campus or the joint commissioner of police (south) office at St. Thomas Mount.
- Who
- Cyber fraud victims, their family members, lawyers and witnesses who visit the south Chennai cyber crime branch police station daily.
- What
- Complainants face airport parking fees and a lack of photocopy facilities at the station's airport campus location, prompting demands to relocate it to Guindy or St. Thomas Mount.
- When
- The article reports ongoing complaints; the cyber crime unit operated from the Guindy police station campus until about a year ago.
- Where
- Chennai airport campus, Chennai, India.
- Why
- To reduce the financial and logistical burden on victims who have already suffered losses from cyber fraud.
Visitors and Lawyers
Airport Toll Plaza Practice
Parking fees at the airport campus
Visitors and Lawyers
People entering the airport campus only to reach the cyber crime police station, often for hours, should not be charged parking fees; an exemption or separate access should be provided.
Airport Toll Plaza Practice
Standard parking charges are collected from everyone exiting the airport campus, including air travellers and other airport visitors, and the current system applies these fees uniformly.
- Police station
- South Chennai cyber crime branch
- Current location
- Chennai airport campus (with airport police station)
- Daily visitors
- Approximately 40-50 complainants and witnesses
- Previous location
- Guindy police station campus (until about a year ago)
- Parking issue
- Visitors pay airport toll plaza parking charges; enquiries take 3-4 hours
- Suggested new locations
- Guindy police station campus or joint commissioner of police (south) office at St. Thomas Mount
- Police limits covered
- Alandur, Adambakkam, Meenambakkam and other south Chennai districts including Mylapore, Adyar, Mambalam, Vadapalani, Velachery