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CBI arrested junior engineer in UP for sexual exploitation and abuse of 50 children.
The accused allegedly committed the offences in the districts of Chitrakoot, Banda and Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh and his victims were children in the age group of 5 to 16 years.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a junior engineer of Uttar Pradesh irrigation department for sexual exploitation and abuse of 50 children and selling videos and photographs of nefarious acts on the dark net to other paedophiles across the globe for 10 years, according to reports.
He is alleged to have victimised about 50 children in the age group of 5-16 years in the districts of Chitrakoot, Banda and Hamirpur, officials said. He was arrested from Banda and is likely to be produced before the competent court soon.
During searches, the CBI team recovered cash to the tune of Rs 8 lakh, mobile phones, laptops, web cameras and other electronic devices including pen drives, memory cards and several sex toys.
“Apart from the physical abuse of these children, the accused also allegedly recorded their acts using their mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices. It was further alleged that these photographs and video films containing child sexual abuse material were published and transmitted by the accused using the facility of the internet,” said the CBI in a statement.
Scrutiny of e-mails found on the laptop indicated he was in touch with several others (both Indian and foreign nationals) to share contacting and sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
During interrogation the accused told investigators he bribed the children with mobile phones and other electronic gadgets to ensure they stayed silent about his activities.
The junior engineer allegedly abused children across three districts of the state – Chitrakoot, Banda and Hamirpur.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.