Mar 27: 64 new COVID-19 cases, one death reported in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Mar 27: Karnataka on Sunday recorded 64 fresh COVID cases and one death, according to the Department of Health. These took the hitherto tally to 39,45,311 and 40,050, it said.
Of the infections, Bengaluru urban district saw 51 and the lone death.
There were four new cases in Chitradurga, two in Ramanagara and one each in Ballari, Chamarajanagar, Dakshina Kannada, Kalaburagi, Mandya, Mysuru, and Tumakuru.
A bulletin said 62 people were discharged, and the total number who recovered till date was 39,03,442. Active cases stood at 1,777.
The positivity rate was 0.24 per cent, the case fatality rate 1.56 per cent.
As many as 26,596 tests were conducted and the total was 6.55 crore till date.
There were 9,504 people who got inoculated taking the vaccinated numbers to 10.34 crore, the department said.
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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.
