Seven arrested for trying to stir riots in UP by throwing meat, holy books outside religious shrines
Mahesh Kumar Mishra was mastermind of plan, wanted to avenge Delhi’s Jahangirpuri incident: Police
Caught on CCTV camera: Accused were wearing Muslim skull caps while carrying out conspiracy
Lucknow (UP): Ayodhya Police on Thursday arrested seven people for trying to stir riots in Uttar Pradesh by throwing meat, holy books outside religious shrines in the city.
The accused threw objectionable items, such as raw meat, threats torn pieces of holy books, and putting up inflammatory posters outside mosques in the city.
According to the police, Hindi Ayodhya Sangathan chief Mahesh Kumar Mishra was the mastermind of the conspiracy. Six other accused arrested in this connection have been identified as Pratyush Srivastava, Nitin Kumar, Deepak Kumar Gaud, Brijesh Pandey, Shatrughan Prajapati, and Vimal Pandey.
Police further added that 11 people were identified to be part of the conspiracy and teams have been formed to nab the other four who are currently absconding. It also said the conspiracy was hatched in protest against Delhi’s Jahangirpuri incident.
The accused, all seven of them, will be charged under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), the police assured. The objectionable items were also removed from mosque premises immediately.
Ayodhya SSP Shailesh Pandey said “Eight people went on to execute their plan of disturbing peace and law and order in the region by throwing objectionable items outside the shrines. Four motorcycles have been seized from them, seven of them have been arrested and four are currently absconding who were part of the conspiracy.”
“During their interrogation, it was revealed that they wanted to disturb peace and law and order situation in the region. Thankfully people from all sections and communities came together, co-operated, and foiled their plans.” Pandey added.
The act was earlier caught on CCTV camera wherein the accused were seen arriving on four bikes around 2:30 am on Wednesday dressed as Muslims with skull caps.
With an intention to stir riots in UP's Ayodhya, suspect threw meat, holy books and put up inflammatory posters outside religious shrines. Seven arrested
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Pratyush Srivastava
Nitin Kumar
Deepak Kumar Gaud
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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.
