Kalaburagi: Farmers stage protest at Gescom office with crocodile captured by them
Kalaburagi: In an unusual turn of events, a group of farmers staged a protest in front of the Gescom office, bringing with them a crocodile they had captured on their farm. The protest was organised to demand changes in the timing of electricity supply for irrigation pump-sets.
The farmers captured the crocodile at a farm at Gobbur (B) village of Afzalpur taluk to highlight the dangers they face while working in the fields after dark. They expressed that they were vulnerable to attacks by reptiles when they venture out to work at night because of electricity being supplied only at that time, as reported by Deccan Herald on Friday.
Lakshman Poojary, a farmer, told DH that he was watering crops when he spotted a crocodile and immediately alerted fellow farmers. Together, they managed to capture the reptile, tie it up, and transport it on a bullock cart to the Gescom office as part of their demonstration.
The farmers expressed their concern that they were being attacked by crocodiles and snakes since they were forced to work at night, the only time when Gescom provided three-phase supply.
During the protest, the farmers also demanded that there should be supply of power from 6:00 AM, instead of the current 4:00 AM schedule.
PSI Rahul Pawade of Devala Ganagapur station intervened, advising the farmers to hand over the crocodile to the forest authorities. The farmers complied, and the crocodile was safely transported to the mini zoo in Kalaburagi by forest officials.
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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.
