Madikeri: Missing man from hospital found dead in under-construction building
Madikeri: The body of a man who went missing four days ago from the District Government Hospital in Madikeri was found today in a water-filled pit at a nearby under-construction building.
The deceased has been identified as K.N. Raghu (38), a resident of Arekadu village in Madikeri taluk. His body was discovered in a pit at the construction site of the Critical Care Unit within the hospital premises.
Raghu had been admitted to the district hospital on July 8 after suffering from a severe fever. On the morning of July 11, around 5 a.m., he reportedly took ₹200 from his mother, who was accompanying him at the hospital and said he was stepping out to get coffee and breakfast from a nearby hotel. However, he never returned.
Worried about his disappearance, Raghu’s wife Rajeshwari filed a missing person complaint at the Madikeri Town Police Station.
Following the complaint, the police began an investigation, which led to the discovery of his body today. Madikeri Town Police have registered a case and further investigation is underway.
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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.
