BJP could not convince voters about party's fight for preserving tribal culture, tradition: Champai
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Jamshedpur (PTI): Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Friday said that perhaps the BJP could not convince the voters of Ghatsila assembly constituency about its fight for preserving the language, culture, tradition and the very existence of tribal society.
JMM candidate Somesh Chandra Soren won the by-election to Ghatshila assembly constituency in Jharkhand by a margin of 38,524 votes by defeating BJP's Babulal Soren, son of Champai Soren.
Champai the BJP MLA from Setaikela in a statement stated that "our fight in Jharkhand against changing demography and religious conversion due to infiltrators and for preserving the language, culture, tradition and the very existence of tribal society will continue".
Expressing his gratitude to the voters of Ghatsila assembly constituency for extending support, he said, "perhaps, this time, we were not successful to make people understand our stand and that's why (result of by-poll in Ghatsila)."
He said elections will come and go, wins and loss will keep happening, but our society must be saved, our existence must endure, tribal identity must be preserved, otherwise everything will be lost.
"Our struggle to protect the lands and religious-cultural heritage of tribals and indigenous people will continue," he said.
JMM central general secretary and national spokesperson Vinod Pandey told PTI that the faith of the people in the current government and the good work of late Ramdas Soren were the reasons for their victory with a huge margin in the Ghatshila bypoll.
"People's faith has increased in the Hemant Soren-led government. They have got what they had expected. This apart, Ghatshila people wanted this election to be a tribute to deceased leader Ramdas Soren, who had an untimely death in August this year," said Pandey.
JMM spokesman Vinod Pandey said, "I think Chief Minister and JMM President Hemant Soren's foresight and leadership, coupled with his wife Kalpana Soren's charisma and the party's people-oriented programmes were the major factors for the victory of Somesh."
The people of Ghatsila have reposed faith in the leadership of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, he said.
Jharkhand Transport Minister Deepak Birua, who campaigned for the party candidate Somesh Chandra Soren, hailed the victory as "team work".
Party leaders, workers, as well as coalition partners, worked unitedly to ensure Somesh's victory, Birua told PTI.
Hailing the leadership of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Kalpana Soren, Birua said they led the party workers from the front.
BJP spokesperson Pratul Sahdeo told PTI that the party would introspect on the reason for the defeat in Ghatshila bypoll.
"We had reached out to the last mile during our campaigning, but the result was not what we expected. We will introspect on the result and carry forward the lessons learnt from this by-poll," said Sahdeo.
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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.
