COVID-19 Death toll breaches 7k mark in Karnataka, 9,464 cases
Bengaluru: The COVID-19 death toll in Karnataka breached the 7,000 mark on Friday as the state reported 130 fatalities, while 9,464 new cases took the total infection count to 4,40,411.
Recoveries outnumbered the number of new cases, with a record of 12,545 patients getting discharged, taking the overall recoveries to 3,34,999.
The day also saw the state testing 64,699 samples, including 28,350 using rapid antigen kits as the cumulative number of specimens examined crossed the 36.5 lakh mark.
The state's cumulative positive cases stood at 4,40,411, including 7,067 deaths and 3,34,999 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said there were 98,326 active cases, of whom 97,556 are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 770 are in Intensive Care Units.
Bengaluru Urban accounted for the maximum of 32 of the 130 deaths reported on Friday, followed by Mysuru (13), Belagavi and Dharwad (9), Ballari and Shivamogga (8), Dakshina Kannada (7), Koppal (5), among others.
Most of those who succumbed had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Bengaluru Urban continued to be on top in the number of new cases reported, accounting for 3,426 of the total number of infections, the health department said in its bulletin
Among the districts where new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 3,426, Mysuru 676, Dakshina Kannada 446, Tumakuru 395, Ballari 382, Shivamogga 349, Hassan 305, Davangere 297, Kalaburagi 261, followed by others.
Bengaluru urban continued to top the districts in the number of positive cases, with a total of 1,63,631 infections, followed by Ballari 25,786 and Mysuru 24,449.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru urban recorded the most with 1,20,324 discharges, followed by Ballari 20,975 and Mysuru 16,925.
A total of 36,50,819 samples have been tested so far.
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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.
