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Over 160 FIRs lodged, 50 arrested under Op Masoom against child pornography

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Delhi Police have registered over 160 cases in different police stations and arrested more than 50 people during its special drive against the child pornography under Operation Masoom, officials said Friday.

The operation Masoom (Mitigation of Adolescent Sexually Offensive Online Material) was launched by Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police and all the districts played an instrumental role in curbing the menace of child pornography.

“This exercise is a classic example of interdepartmental and inter agency co-ordination,” the official said.

The details of the violations pertaining to child pornographic material is received at IFSO through National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), which has MOU with National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).

According to the official, NCMEC was established in 1984 by the United Nations Congress. The organisation has tied up with social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and others. They scroll and crawl the contents of the social media platforms. Whenever, they come across any content found violating the privacy/obscene material regarding children, the same is red flagged. They procure the IP address details of the user who had uploaded the obscene content.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between NCRB (National Crime Record Bureau) and the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Under this MoU, NCMEC is providing CyberTipline complaints about sexually offensive content against children to NCRB which is being shared or uploaded on various social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, etc, he said.

For this, NCMEC works in close coordination with these social media platforms as well as the public at large. These complaints, along with details of the person sharing or uploading such sexually offensive contents is forwarded by NCMEC to NCRB which, then, shares the same with state nodal agencies.

Cyber Crime Unit (IFSO), Special Cell, is the nodal agency in Delhi for the same. At IFSO Unit, the details received from NCRB are analysed for the purpose of identification of any organised nexus. The IFSO unit had analysed all the inputs and identified the suspects, the official added.

Thereafter, the information was disseminated with the concerned to take further necessary legal action.

A team was constituted to segregate the Cyber Tiplines provided by NCMEC, on the basis of jurisdiction of districts and police stations. The information was shared with the concerned police stations and districts for the registration of cases and during the drive more than 160 cases were registered.

In the past also, IFSO Unit had initiated a drive against the child pornography and operation MASOOM (Mitigation of Adolescent Sexually Offensive Online Material) was initiated, in which inputs were taken from NCMEC-NCRB and many persons were arrested, the official said.

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Badlapur Case: Badlapur school incident accused Akshay Shinde shot himself with revolver

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Mumbai: Badlapur incident accused Akshay Shinde has attempted suicide. The accused tried to commit suicide by taking the police revolver. A police officer has been injured in this incident. Akshay Shinde’s condition is said to be critical. The police have not yet given any information in this regard. The accused was accused of sexually exploiting minor girls in school. At present the police has admitted him to the hospital. It is said that this incident happened when the police was bringing him from Taloja jail to Badlapur.

When, how, what happened?
Apart from rape in school in Badlapur, two other cases of rape were also registered against Akshay Shinde. In this regard, the police had obtained his custody from the court. The incident occurred when he was being taken back from jail to police custody. While being taken for transit remand, Akshay snatched the revolver of the officer sitting next to him and shot himself. According to the latest information, Akshay’s condition is said to be critical.

Allegation of sexual exploitation of girls
Akshay Shinde is accused of sexually exploiting two nursery girls in the school. After being arrested in the Badlapur school case, Akshay Shinde’s wife has filed a case against him. After this case, it was revealed that 26 year old Akshay Shinde had married three times. When no action was taken in this matter, people of Badlapur, Thane demonstrated at the station. After this the government came into action. SIT is investigating this matter. Not only this, the hearing of this case is also going on in Bombay High Court after suo motu cognizance.

Akshay Shinde had confessed to the crime
Akshay Shinde, accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case, had confessed to his crime in front of the doctor during the medical examination. This is mentioned in the charge sheet filed by the police.

In the month of August, a case of sexual exploitation of two girls studying in a school in Badlapur came to light. The investigation of the SIT formed in this case has been completed. Akshan’s wife has accused him of trying to have unnatural sex.

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Tripura: Police Seize 44 Kg Of Drugs Worth Rs 2.52 Lakh At Agartala Railway Station

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Agartala (Tripura): Agartala Government Railway (GRP) Police seized 44 kg of drugs worth Rs 2.52 lakhs at Agartala Railway Station, railway police said on Tuesday.

About The Seizure

Acting on a tip-off, police on Tuesday conducted a search near the 13th rail track on the Agartala to Jirania route, near Agartala Railway Station. During the operation, authorities recovered 44 kg of dried cannabis from bushes alongside the tracks. The narcotics were allegedly being smuggled out of the state via train.

According to the police, the seized cannabis has an estimated market value of approximately Rs 2.52 lakhs. The Agartala GRP (Government Railway Police) station has launched an investigation to identify the individuals responsible for this illegal consignment. Further action will be taken based on the findings of the investigation.

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Andhra Pradesh Govt Suspends Three IPS Officers Over Actress Harassment Case

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The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday suspended three senior IPS officers following an inquiry into the allegations made by a Mumbai-based actress, Kadambari Jethwani. The state government issued orders suspending P. Sitharama Anjaneyulu, then Director General of Police, Intelligence; Kanthi Rana Tata, the then Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada, and Vishal Gunni, then Deputy Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada.

She and her parents allegedly faced harassment at the hands of police officers at the instance of a leader of YSR Congress, which was then the ruling party in Andhra Pradesh. The suspensions were issued under Rule 3 (1) of the All India Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969. Sitharama Anjaneyulu has been suspended on allegations of misuse of power and grave misconduct.

He had allegedly instructed the other two officials to arrest the actress, even before a formal crime had been registered. There are allegations that Kanthi Rana Tata arrested the actress based on oral instructions from his superior on January 31, 2024, before the registration of the FIR on February 2.

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