BHADOHI: A 27-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh has been arrested for allegedly compiling obscene material, sharing it on social media and selling it to children, police said on Tuesday (November 10).
Superintendent of Police Abhinav Tyagi said the cyber police station registered a case at Koirouna police station on October 12 on official information and began investigating. The probe found that Gaurav Mishra, a resident of Gopalpur, was running several groups on Instagram and Telegram where prohibited and obscene content was being shared.
The case has been registered under Section 295 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which deals with the sale of obscene objects to a child, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and the Information Technology Act, the SP said. Crime Inspector Shetanshu Shekhar Pankaj summoned the accused for questioning on Tuesday and while examining objectionable content was found on his phone and traced to the groups, after which the device was seized and he was arrested.
According to police, the groups had members both in India and abroad. Forensic examination of the phone and the linked social media accounts is under way.
(With inputs from Media reports)