NDA conceded defeat in Bihar polls, its leaders preparing to vacate official residences: Pawan Khera
Patna (PTI): Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday claimed that the NDA has “conceded” defeat in the Bihar assembly polls, and many of its leaders have begun the process to vacate their official residences.
Talking to reporters here, he also alleged that “sensing defeat”, officials at the instance of ruling NDA leaders, “were shifting important files”.
“The NDA leaders have conceded defeat, after the voter turnout in the first phase and people’s enthusiasm in favour of the INDIA bloc for the final phase of voting on November 11,” the Congress leader asserted.
“We have also come to know that many of its ministers, including deputy CMs, have begun the process to vacate their official residences… It will not be surprising if we come to know about fire breaking out at places where these files are being stored,” said Khera, who is also chairman of the Media & Publicity wing of the party.
He also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘katta’ remarks at poll rallies in Bihar, alleging that the PM has insulted the state's youth by using such words.
“The Prime Minister should apologise for this,” Khera said.
Modi, addressing election rallies in Sitamarhi and Bettiah on Saturday, had claimed that people were not voting for the RJD-helmed opposition in Bihar, as they fear that if voted to power, its regime will "put ‘katta’ (country-made gun) on their heads and order them to hold their hands up”.
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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.
