Deve Gowda congratulates NDA for Bihar polls victory, says oppn's false narrative defeated
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Bengaluru (PTI): Congratulating the NDA, which is set to sweep the Bihar assembly polls, JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Friday said the false narratives of the opposition have been defeated, as he called on them to come out of their "delusions".
The NDA is surging ahead in close to 200 out of 243 seats on Friday, with the BJP emerging as the single largest party in Bihar.
"I congratulate NDA for the massive victory in Bihar Elections. PM Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar (JD(U) leader and CM) deserve all praise. Am also happy that Chirag Paswan (of Lok Jan Shakti Party) has done well," Gowda posted on 'X'.
"The false narratives of the Opposition have been defeated. They should at least now come out of their delusions," he said.
The Gowda-led JD(S) is also part of the NDA. The BJP and JD(S) struck up the alliance in 2023, and had fought the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka together.
Bihar polls were held over two phases on November 6 and 11.
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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.
