Bengaluru: Two persons were arrested on charges of sexually abusing two girls, videographing the act and uploading the clips on social media to make quick money.The arrests were done by sleuths from Cyber Command Centre (CCC) following an alert from National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP). This is first time in the recent past that police have arrested those recording child sex videos.The arrested are 29-year-old Kiran Kumar Nayak, cattle-grazer from Kaidallipalya near Kaggalipura, and 20-year-old Aditya MK, swimming pool maintenance staffer at Channapatna. Police recovered three mobile phones in which the acts were recorded.The girls are aged 11 and 12 years and are from a farmer’s family in Ramanagara, Bengaluru South district. Their mother died many years ago, while their father, who was an alcoholic, passed away two years back. Since then, the girls lived with their uncle, who is close to one of the accused, police said.The uncle took money from the cattle-grazer and his associate and allowed them to take away the girls. Police said the minors were sexually exploited for the last one year.Director general of police (Cyber Command Centre) Pronab Mohanty said a case was registered at Kaggalipura police station and the girls’ statements were recorded. Their uncle is yet to be traced.Eom
