The city police station has registered a case of child pornography against a person. The accused man had uploaded an objectionable photo of a child on Facebook after which the the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCCRP) of the Government of India filed a complaint. On the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, a complaint has been filed against the accused on the complaint of NCCRP.
A person named Akhil Rathore from Haridwar uploaded an objectionable photo of a woman, man and a child on his Facebook wall. After which Facebook took cognisance of the photo of the child as objectionable. The social media platform removed the photo and video and made a complaint to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. Uttarakhand Cyber Cell was directed by the Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate the entire matter. The cyber cell traced the IP address of the said Facebook account and found out the name and address of the accused youth who uploaded the photo.
After that a case has been filed against the accused on Tuesday by Saptarishi Chowki in-charge Lakhpat Butola. According to sources, the Superintendent of Police (Crime) received the letter on 28 January 2020 with instructions given by the Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate the objectionable photos.
City Kotwali in-charge Praveen Singh Koshyari said that a case of child pornography has been filed. The objectionable photo of a child was uploaded by a person named Akhil Rathore. While the IP address was traced to Suryakant Sharma living at Bhupatwala in Haridwar, Sharma turned out to be landlord.