Mangaluru : Van Mahotsav celebrated at BIT - BEADS
Mangaluru, Aug 02: Van Mahotsav, a festival of tree plantation was organized at BIT (Bearys Institute of Technology & BEADS (Bearys Enviro Architecture Design School) under the banner of ‘Leave My Mark’ on 1st August 2018, in an attempt to lend a green touch to the institutional environment and sensitize the students about their role in conserving it.
The program began with the invocation of the Almighty. The Principal of BEADS, Prof. Ashok LP, delivered the inaugural address. In his address, he spoke about the use of paper bags and the initiative of saving earth by preserving its resources such as water and electricity.
The Principal of BIT, Dr. Antony A.J, spoke about social responsibility of the students towards safeguarding trees and forests.
The presidential remarks were made by the chairman of Bearys group, Mr. Syed Mohammed Beary. He stressed on forming a personal connect between the students and trees through a process of experience and reflection. He also cautioned the effect of depleting number of trees.
The inaugural program came to an end with the National anthem. Then about 200 plants were planted by the Staff and students of BIT-BEADS in association with the Forest department. While concluding the program, Dean - Academics Dr. Mahabaleswarappa made the students pledge ‘Green campus, clean campus’.
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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.
