Uppinangady: Landslide at Mannagundi blocks Mangaluru–Bengaluru National Highway
Mangaluru: A major landslide occurred early Thursday morning at Mannagundi near Kaukradi village in Uppinangady, disrupting traffic on the Mangaluru–Bengaluru National Highway. Due to the heavy rains overnight, a large section of soil from a hillside collapsed onto the road, bringing vehicular movement to a complete standstill.
This stretch of the highway, carved directly through a hillside during the four-laning project, has proven vulnerable. With no proper retaining structures, the soil has loosened repeatedly during the monsoon. This marks the fourth or fifth such landslide at this spot in the current rainy season.
On Thursday morning, another heavy slide deposited massive amounts of earth onto the road, blocking it entirely. Vehicles are now lined up on both sides of the blockage.
Clearance work underway
Authorities have begun clearing the debris, but continuous sliding is hampering progress. With the removal work expected to last till at least noon, the police have requested motorists to use alternative routes until the highway is reopened.
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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.
