9,540 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, 128 deaths
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday reported a spike of 9,540 COVID-19 cases and 128 fatalities, taking the total infection count to 4,21,730 and the toll to 6,808.
The day also saw 6,860 patients getting discharged after recovery.
Out of new cases reported on Wednesday, 3,419 were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of September 9 evening, cumulatively 4,21,730 cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 6,808 deaths and 3,15,433 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said that out of 99,470 active cases, 98,694 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 776 are in Intensive Care Units.
Forty-one out of total 128 deaths reported were from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru (13), Ballari (8), Dakshina Kannada, Koppal and Shivamogga (6), Belagavi and Tumakuru (5), Hassan (4), Mandya and Raichur (3).
Bagalkote, Bengaluru Rural, Bidar, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Uttara Kannada and Vijayapura each accounted for two deaths, while Chamarajanagara, Dharwad, Kodagu, Kolar, Ramanagara and Udupi had one each.
Most of the deceased either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 3,419, Ballari 559, Shivamogga 555 (cumulative of Sep 8 and 9), Mysuru 500, Belagavi 390, Dakshina Kannada 310, Hassan 270, Uttara Kannada 260, Udupi 258, Davangere 255, Tumakuru 242, followed by others.
Bengaluru urban district topped the list of cases with a total of 1,57,044 infections, followed by Ballari 25,029 and Mysuru 23,138.
Among discharges too Bengaluru urban was on top with 1,12,536 discharges, followed by Ballari 20,201 and Mysuru 15,909.
A total of 35,31,441 samples were tested so far, out of which 70,322 were tested on Wednesday alone.
Among the samples tested today 34,264 were Rapid Antigen Tests.
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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.
