Transport workers to hold nationwide stir on August 7
Opposition to Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill-2017
Bengaluru, July 30: The Federation of Workers and Owners Associations of road transport has decided to hold a nationwide strike on August 7, urging the central government to withdraw Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill-2017, protect the transport industry and implement Social Security Act for the unorganized workers.
Speaking to reporters at the Press Club here on Monday, Federation leader K Prakash said that autos, taxi, private bus, trucks, state road transport corporations, workshops, spare parts shops and others were under critical situation. They have been facing the harassment from the officials and the police. At this situation, the central government has planned to amend the existing Motor Vehicle Act to destabilize the owners and workers of the industry and handover the entire industry to Indian and corporate companies. They would not allow the government to pass this Bill which aimed at harassing the workers and owners of the transport vehicles, he said.
This Bill would snatch the power of the state government. The power giving inter-state permits would go to the centre and it was a conspiracy to snatch the special right given to the state governments. If the Bill was passed, it would pave way for private operators to run their vehicles without permits, he said.
If the Bill was passed, then the drivers and conductors would be held responsible for accidents and slapped hefty fine. The central government was claiming that the Bill was amended to check the accidents, which is a lie, he said.
KSRTC Employees Federation president HD Revappa, OUT Drivers and Owners Association president Tanvir Pasha, Rudramurthy of Auto Drivers Association, Siddaiah of Taxi Drivers Association, Commercial Vehicles Drivers Association president Puttalingaiah and others 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.
