CBI Arrests an Accused in An On-Going Investigation of a Case Related to Sexual Abuse of Children
(Judicial Quest News Network)
The
Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an accused in an on-going
investigation of a case registered on the allegations of sexual abuse of
children. On completion of Police Custody, he was produced today before the
POCSO Court at Goa and was remanded to Judicial Custody.
CBI has registered a case on
22.06.2020 against an accused, resident of Goa and other unknown persons. It
was alleged that the accused was involved in sexual abuse of children in &
nearby areas in the State of Goa & Maharashtra and also recorded these acts
by using his mobile phones, digital camera & other electronic devices etc.
It was further alleged that these photographs & video films containing
child sexual abuse material were published/transmitted by the accused person(s)
using the facility of internet and the accused used Darkweb for sale,
transmission & sharing / trading of such child sexual abusive material
(CSAM) content with other individuals. It was also alleged that the accused was
using electronic mail facility for connecting with other pedophiles outside the
country; the internet to access cloud based storage services for storing the
illegal CSAM content; accessing free photo-sharing websites based in other
countries and using other social networking websites & platforms i.e.
Instagram / Whatsapp etc. for connecting to individuals abroad for trading
& sharing child sexual abuse material in huge quantity.
During searches, a mobile
phone, hard drive, pen drive and laptop allegedly used by the accused to access
CSAM were recovered.
Investigation is in progress.