Police stated among the arrested individuals are suspected to be concerned within the trafficking of youngsters additionally as there are numerous chats to this impact of their gadgets.
Thiruvananthapuram,UPDATED: Feb 27, 2023 00:33 IST
The particulars of the remainder of the individuals concerned in circulating these photographs and movies are being additional collected. (Representative Image)
By Press Trust of India: Kerala police have arrested 12 individuals from throughout the state in simultaneous raids and registered 142 instances in addition to seizing 270 digital gadgets for allegedly viewing and sharing objectionable contents associated to kids as a part of its crackdown on little one pornography.
The arrested embrace kids working in skilled jobs and tech consultants, police stated.
The tenth Special drive, of Kerala Police CCSE (Countering Child Sexual Exploitation) Team titled, P-Hunt 23.1, had recognized round 858 areas all through the State and culprits have been booked in a covert operation, police stated in a launch.
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“Under the operational supervision of the District SPs, simultaneous raids have been carried out all through the State, on Sunday the twenty sixth February 2023, from early morning onwards. The raids have been extremely profitable and as part of the operation, the groups may seize 270 gadgets in 142 instances registered- which embrace cellphones, modems, exhausting disks, reminiscence playing cards, laptops, computer systems and so forth. with graphic and unlawful movies and photos of youngsters,” the discharge stated.
Police stated among the arrested individuals are suspected to be concerned within the trafficking of youngsters additionally as there are numerous chats to this impact of their gadgets.
The particulars of the remainder of the individuals concerned in circulating these photographs and movies are being additional collected.
As per legislation, viewing, distributing or storing of any little one pornographic content material is a prison offence and may end up in, as much as 5 years of imprisonment and as much as Rs 10 lakh high quality.
Police sought the help of the society and urged the general public to report such channels or teams that unfold little one sex-related content material with the CCSE or Cyberdome or Cyber cells on the earliest.
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