Four bodies recovered in Wayanad landslide after 11 days
Wayanad: The Kerala Forest Department’s search and rescue team recovered four decomposed bodies from the landslide-hit region of Wayanad on Friday after 11 days of continuous search.
The bodies were discovered in an area between Soochipara and Kanthapara waterfalls. Authorities are now preparing to airlift the bodies. An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter has been dispatched from Kalpetta to transport the bodies to a morgue in Sulthan Bathery, according to a report in The Hindu.
Officials suspect that more bodies of victims from the landslide-affected areas of Chooralmala, Mundakkai, and Attamala may still be trapped among the dense vegetation, tree roots, and boulders along the edges of the waterfalls and rapids in Sunrise Valley, the report added.
Although the Indian Army has left the disaster-stricken areas after 10-day rescue operations, the police, volunteers, and fire and rescue services are continuing the search for missing people in the affected region.
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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.
