Politicians rising ‘separate’ voice for selfishness: Prof Champa
Bengaluru, Aug 02: Senior writer Prof Chandrashekar Patil, popularly known as Champa, said that instead of writers and scholars, the politicians have been rising hue and cry about separate state to gain personal mileage.
Speaking at a symposium on ‘North Karnataka: Problems and remedies’ organized by the Federation of Karnataka Industries and Commercial Kannada Associations here on Thursday, he said that those who have prepared to divide the state, were unaware of the pain and sacrifice of the people who built it. Sriramulu and Umesh Katti were speaking about dividing the state just to become the chief ministers, he said.
“Dreaming is not wrong. Let them dream of becoming the chief minister of united Karnataka. The people who speak about dividing the state should not play with the feelings of people. They should strengthen the state instead of weakening it. Politicians should understand this concept”, he said.
“Karnataka means united Karnataka and not different Karnataka. Karnataka was not born out of the blessings of a person or someone. A number of activists had sacrificed their life for uniting the state. It has a long history. Unfortunately, the state is facing threat after 62 years of its formation. The state is facing this situation as the politicians have failed to follow their primary duties and responsibilities”, he opined.
It was unfortunate that some people were seeing solution to the north Karnataka problem in dividing the united Karnataka. Those who have strength could survive in the federal system. As the Andhra Pradesh was divided, it has lost its strength. The elected representatives should show their statesmanship to solve the present crisis, he demanded.
Writers G.R Channabasappa and Vasanth Shetty, North Karnataka Citizens Association former president Basavaraj Dandura were present.
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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.
