Rahul Gandhi defames India abroad: Pradhan
Jajpur (Odisha) (PTI): Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan came down heavily on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging he "defames India abroad".
On the sidelines of a function in Odisha's Jajpur district, the senior BJP leader from the state on Wednesday alleged that Gandhi is showing "mental bankruptcy and is unable to digest India's development".
"He maintains a pro-China stance and defames India abroad," Pradhan claimed.
Speaking at the Surakhya Bandhan Utsav in Sukinda area in the district, Pradhan, the Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said that there is no shortage of funds from the Centre but beneficiaries are being deprived of various schemes because of the "inefficient and corrupt" BJD government in the state.
He claimed Odisha had received only Rs 3 lakh crore from the Centre during the 10 years of UPA rule but the state received Rs 18 lakh crore from the BJP-led Union government in the last nine years.
Pradhan said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a big gift to mothers and sisters by reducing LPG prices by Rs 200 per cylinder.
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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.
