Bengaluru: "Media is the main reason for the voice of separate state for North Karnataka. Those who are instigating the North Karnataka controversy are not politicians but the media,” blamed CM HD Kumaraswamy.

The Chief Minister, who stated this at his home office Krishna on Monday, said "I have not made any wrong statement about North Karnataka. However, a section of media is emphasizing only that. The media is the cause for the voice of separate North Karnataka state. You are showing this issue every day because you are not getting any other story. The media was the main reason for all these developments, he rued.

"I spoke regarding Sriramulu in Channapatna. I answered his statements but nothing else. I asked him that from where he would get grants for a separate state. I have said hundred times that Unified Karnataka should exist. The media should act in accordance with that conscience. If the state gets divided, the media will be responsible for it," he said.

 

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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.