Two involved in firing at shop in Amritsar arrested: Police
Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab Police on Thursday arrested two members of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang, after an encounter, allegedly involved in a firing incident linked to an extortion bid in Jandiala Guru in Amritsar, officials said.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Border Range) Sandeep Goel said the accused have been identified as Ravi, a resident of Pandori Waraich and Ujjwal Hans, a resident of Batala Road in Amritsar.
Three unidentified bike-borne persons had opened fire at the provisional store at Jandiala Guru on November 6 to intimidate the owner for extortion, he said.
Goel said both the arrested persons are linked to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang and were working under the directions of their foreign-based handler, Keshav Shivala.
The DIG said that during the operation, one of the accused opened fire at the police but was overpowered.
One more accused involved in the firing incident has been identified and police teams are on a manhunt to nab him, he said.
Sharing more details, Senior Superintendent of Police (Amritsar Rural) Maninder Singh said that, acting on human and technical inputs, police teams arrested both the accused persons and recovered one pistol from their possession.
The SSP said that further investigations are underway to establish forward and backward linkages in this case.
Earlier this month, the Anti-Gangster Task Force in a joint operation with Hoshiarpur police had arrested two active members of a gang and recovered sophisticated weapons from their possession.
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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.
