Kasaragod: Toll collection at Arikkady Plaza temporarily suspended
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Kasaragod: The collection of toll fees at the Arikkady Toll Plaza on the Mangaluru–Kasaragod National Highway has been temporarily postponed. Kasaragod District Collector K. Inbasekar said that further action will be taken after the High Court delivers its verdict.
The toll collection, which was scheduled to begin on Wednesday, has been put on hold following protests. MLA A. K. M. Ashraf said the Deputy Commissioner and the District Police Chief have assured that the collection process will not begin until further orders.
The MLA added that the Toll Gate Protest Committee had filed a petition in the High Court, and the hearing is scheduled for November 14. The administration has been instructed not to collect toll fees until the court’s final decision is announced.
Locals have been protesting against the toll collection over the past several days. On Tuesday evening, the protest committee held an emergency meeting to plan the next course of action. Following the developments, the district administration decided to defer the toll collection until the court’s verdict.
Earlier, it was announced that toll collection would commence at 8 a.m. on Wednesday.
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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.
