Screws on Child Pornography: CBI Detains 20, Created WhatsApp Group 'Only Child Sex Videos'
More than 20 accused have been detained after CBI raids in 77 cities of 14 states of the country on Tuesday regarding child pornography.
More than 20 accused have been detained after CBI raids in 77 cities of 14 states of the country on Tuesday regarding child pornography. The rest are also being questioned. CBI has found a large number of pornography related gadgets, pen drives and laptops in the raid. A WhatsApp group named 'Only Child Sex Videos' was also found in one of the seized smartphones. Till Tuesday night 10 people were taken into custody, by Wednesday morning the number has reached 20.
According to confirmed sources, the accused are being questioned, some of them may even be arrested. In this evidence, preliminary inquiry and investigation, it has come to the fore that this child pornography network from India has spread to 100 countries. The names of people from some other countries involved in this network have also come to the fore.
On November 14, 23 named cases were registered against 83 accused in this case. The CBI on Tuesday registered a case against 39 accused, including 6 from Tamil Nadu- UP, 5 from Bihar, 4 from Delhi, 3 from Rajasthan- Maharashtra-Haryana-Odisha, 2 from Punjab, Andhra Pradesh- Chhattisgarh- MP and Himachal Pradesh. Includes 1 person. Of these, 7 have been arrested.
Senior advocate and cyber law expert of the Supreme Court Pawan Duggal said that when the Information Technology Act was enacted in 2000, child pornography was not included in the Act at that time. It was added by amendment in 2008. Laws were made regarding its manufacture, publication and transmission, in which there is a provision of imprisonment of 5 years and a fine of 10 lakh rupees, the sections of which are non-bailable. The truth is that child pornography has become a very demanding market in the country. It is impossible to stop this with existing legislation.
A CBI team that went to raid a village in Odisha's Dhenkanal district was attacked by locals. This attack on the CBI team was done when the team tried to search the house of a man in a case related to online child sexual abuse material. The local police, who reached the information of the assault on the CBI team, somehow saved them from the crowd.
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