SIT hopes to get pistol if another accused held
Gauri Lankesh murder
Bengaluru, July 30: The SIT probe being conducted into the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh might reach its logical end, if the investigating officials traced another accused who is believed to have the pistol used to kill Gauri, sources said.
The miscreants had shot Gauri Lankesh near her house at Rajarajeshwari Nagar in the city on September 5, 2017. Since then, the SIT officials have been trying to trace the pistol and bike used to kill Gauri. But with the arrest of main accused, the SIT officials have collected important clues.
With the arrest of main accused who shot Gauri, Parashuram Waghmore of Vijayapura, Ganesh Miskin of Hubballi and Amith Baddi, the SIT officials have got the information that another accused who is absconding, has the pistol. After killing Gauri, all the four accused were there in a house at Seegehalli in the city. After some time, when one accused left the house with the pistol, remaining three reached their houses in a car, it is said.
In the same way, another accused Amol Kale of Maharashtra was near Yeshwanthpur cross on that day. HL Ganesh of Tumkur had burnt the cloths of the accused to destroy the evidences. It is said that the name of the last accused is called ‘Dada’. If Dada is arrested, the investigation into the Gauri Lankesh murder would reach logical end, the sources said.
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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.
