Delhi Police has found many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who are indulging in downloading/sharing child pornography of severe nature across the national Capital. Out of the many detected, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of three such ISP’s have been found to be pertaining to Nehru Place and Okhla Industrial Area. A case has been registered under the IT Act at the Chittaranjan Park Police station.
Inspector Rajeev Kumar, who is posted as In-charge of the district Cyber Cell of South-East district, made the discoveries. He has been given a mandate inter-alia to detect and investigate the cases involving cybercrime and has been investigating the matter since march this year.
A senior police official said, “With the use of certain special online techniques available to law enforcement officers, reliable information was received that certain internet users are indulging in online downloading/sharing of audio/video files of child pornography through peer to peer internet technology by using BitTorrent protocol,”
The official further said ongoing investigations revealed that there are many computers and computing devices through which the pornographic content is being downloaded and shared.
“IP addresses attached to such computers/computing devices have been identified and analysis of gathered information revealed that child pornographic content of severe nature are being continuously shared by some internet users in Delhi. On further checking of such IP addresses using an online tool, some of them have been found to be belonging to Internet Service Provider Excite Broadband pvt limited at Eros Corporation Tower level 15 in Nehru Place, Airtel Broadband at 224 Ohla Industrial Area and DEN Digital Entertainment Pvt limited at 236 Okhla Industrial Area, situated in the jurisdiction of south-east district,” the police official added.
Further analysis of Information available about the suspected shared files revealed the description of the contents of such files to be of very severe nature of child pornography, the official said.
Police has formed a team to raid the premises of the three places they have detected and are likely to seize computers and hard disks containing numerous photographs and video clips depicting child sex abuse.
On the basis of Inspector Kumar’s complaint, a First Information Report under section 67B of the Information Technology Act has been registered. Section 67 B of the IT act means punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc in electronic form.