Bhatkal bomb threat email traced to accused in Mysuru prison
Bhtakal: The Uttara Kannada police have cracked the case of a bomb threat email sent to the Bhatkal Police Station, tracing it back to a habitual offender currently lodged in Mysuru prison.
The accused has been identified as Jatin Sharma, a native of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, as reported by The New Indian Express on Tuesday.
The threatening email, which claimed a bomb had been planted in Bhatkal town and would explode within 24 hours, was sent on July 10. Two emails were received in quick succession—one at 7:22 am with a brief message, "We have planted a bomb in the town", followed by another at 7:23 am warning, "It will blow off in 24 hours".
Police investigations revealed that Sharma, a repeat offender, used a mobile phone belonging to another inmate, Kannan Guruswamy of Munnar. The two reportedly met in Munnar jail. Sharma allegedly borrowed Kannan’s mobile phone under the pretext of contacting his wife but instead used it to send the bomb threat to Bhatkal police.
“Sharma who has worked in a hotel in Bhatkal, had issues with his live-in partner. He was arrested by the Noida police and convicted by a court. He is nursing a grudge against the police after this episode and is sending such emails. He is doing this out of hatred. He is facing at least 20 cases across the country of issuing bomb threats,” TNIE quoted Uttara Kannada SP M. Narayan as saying.
The accused typically stole or secretly used someone else’s mobile phone to send threat messages, without the knowledge of the phone’s actual owner.
“When we contacted the Munnar police, we learnt that the accused is in Mysuru jail. The Munnar police had obtained the body warrant for inquiry. We will bring him to Karwar for inquiry,” SP Narayan added.
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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.
