Human Rights activist M H Sudhir Kumar Murolli is new president of APCR Karnataka chapter
Bangalore, February 16, 2025: The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) Karnataka has announced its newly formed executive team, which will serve for the term 2025-2028. The team comprises legal experts, retired officials, academics, activists, and professionals dedicated to upholding civil liberties and human rights across the state. The executive committee was constituted during the state executive meeting held on January 16, 2025, at Bearys Association, Bhavana, Bangalore.
The team will be led by M H Sudhir Kumar Murolli, a human rights activist and advocate from Koppa, who has been appointed as the president. The vice president positions have been assigned to Akhila Vidhyasandra, an advocate at the Karnataka High Court, and Syed Ulfath Hussain, a former Inspector General of Police in Karnataka.
Mohammed Niyaz S, a high court advocate, will take on the role of general secretary, while Hussain Kodibengre, an activist from Udupi, has been named as secretary. The responsibilities of joint secretaries have been given to Zeeshan Aaqil Siddiqui, an activist from Raichur, and Shajeeha P, an advocate from Bangalore. Abdul Salam N K, also a practicing advocate in Bangalore, has been appointed as the treasurer.
The executive team includes several prominent figures from various fields. Former district judge Mohammad Khan Pathan, senior advocate and former state public prosecutor B T Venkatesh, and Jerald D Souza, the director of St. Joseph's College of Law in Bangalore, are among the members. Other notable individuals include Mavalli Shankar, the state convener of Dalit Sangarsha Samithi; Usman P, an advocate at the Karnataka High Court; and Akmal Razvi, a high court advocate based in Bangalore.
The committee also includes Mohammed Kunhi, the director of Shanthi Prakashana in Mangalore, and Mehadi Kaleem, an activist from Bangalore. Retired Deputy Superintendent of Police (NIA) Mohd A G Kaiser from Gulbarga has also joined the team. Media representation is present with Harshakumar Kugwe, editor-in-chief of Kannada Planet. Other members include social activist Malige from Bangalore, RTI activist Sheikh Shafi Ahmed from Kalburgi, and several legal professionals such as Afwan B from Udupi, Mushtaq Ahmed from Dharwad, and Jasbir Singh Dhoby, the president of Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Bangalore. Sardar Jarnail Singh, who serves as the secretary of Sri Guru Singh Sabha, is also part of the team.
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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.
