COVID-19: 8,244 new cases in Karnataka, 119 deaths
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday reported 8,244 new cases of COVID-19 and 119 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 4,67,689 and deaths to 7,384, the health department said.
The day also saw 8,865 patients getting discharged after recovery.
Out of the 8,244 fresh cases, 2,966 were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of September 14 evening, cumulatively 4,67,689 COVID- 19 positive cases have been confirmed and they include 7,384 deaths and 3,61,823 discharged, the department said in its bulletin.
It said out of 98,463 active cases, 97,663 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable while 800 are in the ICU.
Thirty-seven of the total 119 deaths reported were from Bengaluru urban followed by Mysuru (12), Dharwad (9), Ballari (7), Tumakuru (6), Dakshina Kannada and Shivamogga (5), Belagavi (4), Bagalkote, Chikkamagaluru, Kalaburagi, Koppal and Raichur (3), Bidar, Chamarajanagara, Chikkaballapura, Gadag, Haveri, Uttara Kannada and Vijayapura, and Bengaluru Rural, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya and Ramanagara (1).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 2,966, Mysuru 677, Dakshina Kannada 413, Davangere 325, Hassan 295, Bengaluru Rural 275, Ballari 264 followed by others.
Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 1,73,628 infections followed by Ballari 27,077 and Mysuru 26,428.
Among the discharged too, Bengaluru urban topped the list with 1,30,627 followed by Ballari 22,002 and Mysuru 19,103.
A total of 38,46,937 samples were tested so far, out of which 45,961 were tested during the day.
Among them, 16,296 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.
