Amaravati (PTI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, his deputy Pawan Kalyan and YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday expressed shock and grief over the passing of prominent film producer R B Choudary.

Choudary died in a road accident in Rajasthan on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu expressed anguish over the death of Super Good Films head R B Choudary, said an official press release late on Tuesday.

The CM said Choudary had provided opportunities to several actors in over 90 films made in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi languages.

Conveying his sympathies to the family members of the deceased producer, the CM termed his death an "irreparable loss" to the film industry.

Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan remarked that the news of the tragic accident left him stunned.

"I cannot believe the news that Choudary met with a fatal road accident in Rajasthan. I pray to God that his soul attains peace," he said.

Former Chief Minister and YSRCP leader Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed grief over the untimely demise of Choudary.

He recalled that Choudary had earned a distinguished place in both the Telugu and Tamil film industries through his contributions as a producer.

Reddy prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace and conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.

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Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday. 

The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said. 

A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said. 

Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.

Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.

Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.

Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.

Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.

The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.

According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet. 

"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.