Attempt to cast bogus vote by woman at Manjeshwar during bypoll: CEO
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 22: Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena on Tuesday confirmed there was an attempt to cast bogus vote at Manjeshwar in Kasaragod where Assembly bypoll took place on October 21.
He said a case has been registered under various sections of Indian Penal Code.
"The incident happened at Manjeswaram. A woman named Nabeesa came there for another lady who is also named Nabeesa.
Presiding officer found out that she was not a voter of that polling booth," he said.
She was handed over to the police and a case has been registered under various sections of IPC, he told reporters.
Nabeesa was arrested for impersonation as she allegedly tried to cast bogus vote in a booth.
She was later released on bail.
The bypolls to five assembly constituencies in Kerala on Monday was marred by heavy rains, especially in Ernakulam.
Voting percentage in Ernakulam constituency was just 57.90 per cent.
Political parties blamed incessant rains for such low turnout.
Manjeshwar saw 75.78 per cent voting, whereas Aroor witnessed 80.47 per cent.
Konni in Pathanamthitta district witnessed 70.07 per cent voter turnout while it was 62.66 per cent in Vattiyoorkavu.
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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.
