LS Polls 2024: Bengaluru top cop assures tight police presence on counting day
Bengaluru: Amid preparations for smooth counting of votes seceded for Tuesday for the Lok Sabha elections are underway in Bengaluru, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B. Dayanad stated that tight police personnel have been deployed across the city, as a precautionary measure.
Addressing reporters on Sunday, Commissioner Dayanand stated that the counting of votes for the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Bengaluru will take place at their respective centers, with adequate security measures in place to prevent any untoward incidents.
"After polling, all voting machines from the respective constituencies were transported to the counting centers, where central forces, along with local police, have been deployed for security," he said.
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Commissioner Dayanand detailed that more than one hundred personnel, including one Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), three Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs), and five inspectors, have been assigned to each polling station to ensure security.
"All senior and junior police officers in the city will be on patrol on Tuesday, June 4. We have implemented a tight police arrangement as a precautionary measure to prevent any kind of illegal activities," he 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.
