Siddaramaiah seeks to know 'reason for terrorist attacks during elections'
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Bengaluru(PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday sought to know the "reason for terrorist attacks in the country during elections."
The chief minister's statement has drawn a sharp reaction from the opposition BJP.
"What is the reason for terrorist attacks in the country during elections? Siddaramaiah asked on 'X' on Wednesday, and he also shared media coverage of his statement on the incident.
Siddaramaiah's remark came after the completion of the second and final phase of voting in Bihar on Tuesday, and the blast in Delhi, which occurred the day prior to voting.
BJP Karnataka unit President B Y Vijayendra termed the statements of Siddaramaiah and other Congress leaders "irresponsible, insensitive, and low-level politics."
On Tuesday, speaking to reporters in Mysuru, the CM, while responding to a question about blasts in the country during elections, had said, "there should be no bomb blasts in the country, innocent people have died."
He had also said that it has happened during the election and it needs to be looked into.
Replying to a question, Siddaramaiah had also said that there was a possibility of the blast incident having its impact on the Bihar polls. "It will be against the BJP."
Minister Priyank Kharge on Tuesday had called Amit Shah the "most incompetent Home Minister" in independent India and demanded his resignation and he alleged intelligence failure for the blast.
Vijayendra underscoring that the probe into the blast was going on, he said that the statements were not only condemnable, but also alarming.
It is a "tragedy" for the state and a "misfortune" for the country that the Congress leaders are indulging in "low-level politics", even at a sensitive time when the entire country should speak in one voice.
In a social media post, the BJP leader said, "It is truly alarming that issues like national security, civilian casualties, sacrifices of our soldiers, and national honor are just political weapons for the Congress party."
The country has not forgotten that even after the horrific Pulwama attack in 2019, Congress leaders made statements that "helped Pakistan's propaganda," Vijayendra alleged.
He further alleged that the Chief Minister's statement now was also a "continuation of the same anti-national legacy" of the Congress. He demanded that the Chief Minister must immediately withdraw his statement and said that like people of Bihar, the people of the state of Karnataka will also give a befitting reply to the Congress party.
"This is not a matter of party politics; for true patriotic Indians, the country is always first, everything else comes later," the BJP leader 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.
