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Child pornography: 1 held, 1 on the run in Maha''s Jalna

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Press Trust of India Jalna

One person was arrested and

another was on the run for allegedly uploading child pornography images and videos on social media in Jalna in Maharashtra, police said on Monday.

While Vishal Prakash Dafade, a resident of Samarth Nagar here, has been arrested, Chhatrapati Colony resident Tejendra Singh Krishna Singh Handiya was absconding, Cyber Crime police station official Kirti Patel said.

"Cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act and Information Technology Act have been registered in Kadim Jalna and Tehsil police stationsagainst them," he added.

The tip-off on these and four other cases came from Cyber Tipline, a National Crime Records Bureau facility which monitors online activity to track child pornography and trafficking, an official said.

 

The Cyber Tipline was inaugurated on January 29 this year in New Delhi.

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First Published: Feb 24 2020 | 8:14 PM IST

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