8 cows among 17 cattle found dead after being locked in school in Madhya Pradesh; probe on
Gwalior, Oct 17: Seventeen cattle, including eight cows, were found dead in the ground of a government school in a village here in Madhya Pradesh, prompting the state government to order an inquiry on Thursday.
The police registered a case against unidentified persons after the incident at the government school at Samudan village, about 50 kms from the district headquarters, came to light on Wednesday, an official said.
"We received information about the dead cows being buried in the school's ground. On reaching there, we exhumed the carcasses of 17 cattle - eight cows and nine oxen - and cremated them after conducting a post-mortem," Dabra's sub- divisional magistrate (SDM) Raghvendra Pandey said.
"There are four government offices inside the school premises and their employees have also been served notices.
Directions have been issued to take criminal and departmental action against the employees if they are found guilty," he said.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath expressed grief over the incident on Twitter, saying an "impartial inquiry" has been ordered.
"Strict action will be taken against the guilty after the inquiry. We are committed for the protection of cows. Such incidents would not be tolerated," Nath said.
Activists of right-wing organisations also reached the school to register their protest, another official said.
Bajrang Dal leader Manoj Rajak claimed the cows were allegedly locked in a room at the school about a week ago.
"Unidentified villagers had locked stray cattle in a room at the school about a week ago. Villagers got to know about their death when foul odour started emanating in the area," Rajak said.
When they got to know about the deaths, Bajrang Dal workers reached the school on Wednesday and found that villagers had dug up a pit and buried them, he said, adding that subsequently, the SDM was informed about this.
BJP national vice-president and former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the cattle deaths could have been averted.
"The Congress had promised to set up 'gaushalas' (cow shelters) in its manifesto. The incident could have been averted if the local authorities had taken them to a gaushala.
"Killing cows is a sin. The government should take steps to avoid such incidents in the future," Chouhan said.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
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.
