The CBI has registered a case against a private person on the allegations of sharing child sexual abuse material.
The agency has registered the case under Section 14 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000.
“It was alleged that the accused was advertising over Instagram Account for sale of objectionable material including child pornographic material,” the agency said in a statement.
The accused Neeraj Yadav is a B. Tech. degree holder. He was working as a professional in a private firm in Delhi before the lockdown.
It was further alleged that the accused opened different accounts over cloud storage and file hosting service by using different email IDs and storing such objectionable material including child pornographic material, the agency said.
It was also alleged that on receipt of payments from the customer (s), the accused shared the said objectionable material with them through Whatsapp, Telegram, Instagram and other social media platforms.
The agency conducted searches at the premises of the accused in Anpara, District Sonbhadra, (Uttar Pradesh) which led to the recovery of a mobile phone. The mobile phone is being analysed and further investigation is continuing, the agency added.
A Special Unit “Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention/ Investigation (OCSAE)” has been created in CBI, New Delhi for matters pertaining to online child sexual abuse and exploitation.