More rainfall likely in Coastal Karnataka, Malnad till March 31
Bengaluru: The Meteorological Department has predicted that the rainfall in Coastal Karnataka and Western is expected to continue till March 31 and a few regions can expect heavy rain during the period.
Several districts including Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Chikkamagalur, Hassan and Shivamogga will experience continued rainfalls, the Meteorological Department said.
The rainfall is expected to be experienced due to a trough which persists over Karnataka’s inlands and Tamil Nadu which originated in Chhattisgarh.
A humid atmosphere is expected to be observed in the districts sprawling across the Northern and Southern inlands.
Raichur and Dharwad districts have measured a maximum temperature of 41.1 degree Celsius and a minimum of 19.1 degree Celsius respectively in the last 24 hours, at 8:30am on Monday, according to reports.
Mandya, Belagavi and Kodagu districts reportedly witnessed a rainfall of 5.8cm, 4.5cm and 3.6cm respectively.
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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.
