“Exit polls are published with intent to benefit one party,” says Min. HK Patil
Bengaluru: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil alleged that the “Post-poll surveys were published with an intent to benefit one political party.”
This comes days after several exit poll surveys indicated a significant win for the National Democratic Alliance in the Lok Sabha elections.
The Minister addressing reporters in the city on Monday called the post-poll surveys fake and that the Congress party was winning more than 16 constituencies in Karnataka. “Not only the Congress party, several experts also have expressed their views in favor of the Congress. However, the post-poll survey reports were published with an intent to benefit one party,” he said.
“We don't believe this. We are confident of winning for the sake of democracy. Experts are questioning a lot of the facts presented in the exit polls. Congress has been portrayed with declining numbers in several regions including Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka,” he added.
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In Karnataka, most exit polls favored the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), predicting 20+ seats, while the survey projections indicated only single-digit numbers for the Congress party. Several leaders, including the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President, have also rejected these numbers.
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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.
