CBI seizes 50 laptops in child sexual abuse case

The CBI has registered two cases under relevant provisions of IT Act based on an information received from Crime Against Children (CAC), unit of Interpol, Singapore which had received the same from New Zealand police for sharing with relevant country.

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In a painstaking and meticulous 'Operation Megh Chakra', the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted national wide searches at around 59 locations in 21 states including union territories in two cases related to downloading/circulation of CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) which led to the recovery of 50 laptops having pornographic materials.

The raids were conducted at Fatehabad (Haryana), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Kachh (Gujarat), Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), Murshidabad (West Bengal), Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Thane, Nanded, Solapur, Kolahpur and Nagpur (Maharashtra), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh), Krishna (Andhra Pradesh), Ram Nagar (Karnataka), Kolar (Karnataka), Faridabad (Haryana), Hathras (Uttar Pradesh), Bengaluru, Kodagu (Karnataka), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), and Delhi.