Two accused in murder case shot in leg while attempting to flee
Hubballi (PTI): Police opened fire on two key murder accused in Hubballi on Sunday morning, shooting them in the legs after they allegedly attacked officers and attempted to flee during a spot inspection linked to a three-day-old murder case, officials said.
The incident is related to the murder of Malik Jaan (27) who was allegedly stabbed to death by eight to ten people on Mantur Road under Bendigeri police station limits.
Police had arrested the main suspects, Balaraj alias Balu and Mohammed Hafeez along with a few others in connection with the case.
On Sunday morning, the police team took them to Mantur Road for spot inspection based on their information that their gang members often meet at a shed there.
At the spot, the accused pelted stones at the police officers in a bid to escape.
Three policemen were injured in the stone-pelting and were admitted to KIMS Hospital.
Police Commissioner N Shashikumar visited the hospital and reviewed the incident.
Speaking to reporters Shashikumar said the police took many people including Balaraj and Hafeez into the custody and questioned them.
"Balaraj said he was into transporting sheep. It was just to dodge police. His full time activity was crime such as robbery and threatening people with his gang. He used to act as henchman for any crime," the police officer said.
Another accused was Mohammed Hafeez, against whom there were several cases pending in many police stations and some of those cases pertains to alleged acts of robbery, attempt to murder and murder, he added.
Speaking about the shootout, Shashikumar said, the police inspector fired two rounds in the air and shot the accused in their legs to prevent them from attacking police and fleeing.
According to him, three police officers were also injured in this incident who have been admitted to the hospital along with the accused.
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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.
