Mumbai: Woman among five booked for trying to sell her newborn for Rs 5 lakh
Mumbai (PTI): A woman was among five persons booked on Sunday for allegedly trying to sell her newborn son for Rs 5 lakh in Mumbai's Shivaji Nagar-Govandi area, a police official said.
A 21-year-old unmarried woman had given birth prematurely at a nursing home in Govandi, the official said.
An activist, Binu Varghese, alerted police about the newborn being sold, following which a team under Deonar police station assistant inspector Kailas Sonawane rushed to the nursing home to begin probe, the official said.
The nursing home's owner Dr Kayamuddin Khan, staffer Anita Popat Sawant, the child's mother, agent Shama and Darshana, who was trying to purchase the infant, were booked, he said.
It is suspected that more staff members of the nursing home are involved, the official said.
"The doctor who conducted the delivery is a BUMS practitioner and does not have the authority to perform such procedures. The clinic has allegedly carried out multiple illegal abortions in the past too. Further probe in the case is underway," the official 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.
