Akashvani staff stage protest pressing for various demands
Mangaluru, Aug 03: The staff members of Akashvani on Friday held a demonstration in front of the main entrance of the Mangaluru Akashvani Center demanding solutions for multiple issues including delay in job promotions, the appointment of outsourced staff, and deduction in compensation.
“The staff members, which have not got promotions for 25-30 years, must immediately be given the promotions. The broadcasting operators who served for 20 years must be given two promotions and be made as Assistant Directors. The programme managers, who have completed four years, must get increments. Those who have been temporarily sent to some other departments must be called back immediately,” the staff demanded.
Out of 810 top posts in the Indian Broadcasting Service, eight positions permanent and 260 are working as temporary staff. The remaining team has been filled temporarily from other departments. By not filling the required vacancies in scheduled time, Akashvani and Doordarshan are in trouble; due to which it is unable to give the departmental promotions. Only 15 percent of the total budget allocated to the Prasar Bharati is being spent on programmes, it must be increased; they demanded.
Secretary T Shyam Prasad, Joint Secretary Devu Hanehalli, Treasurer Shubhada D. Rai, members Ushalata Sarapady, Sadananda Holla, Suryanarayana Bhat, Cancepta Fernandes, Dr.Sharbendra Swami and Dr. Sadananda Perla and others participated in the protest.
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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.
