Karnataka panel may seek employee data from private firms for Socio-Educational survey
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes (KSCBC) is reportedly considering obtaining employee data from private establishments to add “greater depth” to primary data collected during the Social & Educational Survey.
The physical enumeration phase of the exercise concluded on October 31, covering 6.13 crore people, about 89.48% of the state’s estimated 6.85 crore population.
As per the Economic Survey of Karnataka 2024–25, cited by Deccan Herald, around 24.35 lakh people are employed in the organised sector, including both public and private employment. Of these, 10.28 lakh work in the public sector, while 14.07 lakh are employed in private firms.
“We are thinking about obtaining information from private establishments, but no final decision has been taken yet,” DH quoted KSCBC chairman Madhusudan R Naik.
The Commission is also in the process of gathering secondary data, which includes caste-wise details of employees across Groups A, B, C, and D in all government departments.
Backward Classes Welfare Department Secretary Tulasi Maddineni said letters have already been sent to principal secretaries of all government departments, requesting community-wise employee data from their respective departments.
While data from private companies will boost the quality of secondary data, there are apprehensions that many private companies may not cooperate, the report added.
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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.
