EAM Jaishankar to meet Russian counterpart in Moscow on Monday
Moscow (PTI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Monday to discuss bilateral cooperation, the foreign ministry here said on Friday.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the Indian minister will arrive in Moscow with an official delegation for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Council meeting, which will be held on November 17-18.
"On Monday, November 17, the Russian Foreign Minister will hold talks with the Indian External Affairs Minister," she said.
She noted that the two top leaders will discuss current and future political cooperation and review key issues of bilateral relations. They will also exchange views on major international and regional matters, including collaboration within the SCO, BRICS, the UN and G20, she said.
Jaishankar is also expected to virtually inaugurate two Indian Consulates in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan in the Volga region, and Ekaterinburg in the Urals.
Kazan and Ekaterinburg in the Urals are emerging as major hubs to develop Indian expertise and high-end technological cooperation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India around December 5 to hold annual summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Putin had last visited New Delhi in 2021.
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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.
