Mohammad Aseem Arrested for Uploading Child Pornography After MHA Warning | Lucknow News

Lucknow: Police registered a criminal case against a person Muhammad AseemA 24-year-old resident of Bahraich’s Bedar Tola district was arrested for uploading child pornographic content on social media. The case was filed following a tip from the National Cybercrime Watchdog (NCMEC), a unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Aseem, who runs a sock store, is accused of sending and uploading sexually explicit content related to children on Instagram.
Nanpara inspector Pradeep Singh stated that investigations are ongoing and efforts are on to catch the suspect.
Police said the home ministry’s cyber police portal, maintained through NCMEC, flagged a cyber tip regarding the distribution and uploading of obscene material, which included: child pornography On November 11.
The suspect was identified as Muhammad Aseem, son of Masihullah Hasmi, a resident of Bedar Tola.
It was determined that he sent/uploaded objectionable material via social media using his mobile phone number. Following this, based on preliminary investigation, an FIR was registered under Section 67 of the IT Act.
A source who follows the investigation closely stated that after the defendant’s arrest, they will be able to determine the reason behind it and his profile.
A senior official of the state cyber cell said that several cases of child pornography have come to light in the last few years. Prevention and Investigation of Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Exploitation (OCSAE), a special unit of the CBI tasked with tracking online child sexual exploitation, has booked a technician, Neeraj Yadav, a native of Sonbhadra, in 2021, which is also the first case detected happened. nature in the state.
Later, in 2022, former assistant loco pilot Ajit Kumar, former JE in Rambhawan irrigation department, and his associates Ajit Kumar Gupta and Avanish Kumar Singh were booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (Pocso) Act on April 29. 2012 for sexual assault against minors. They were involved in the production of porn films featuring underage girls, which were later distributed to countries in the Middle East. They were arrested in Banda’s Chitrakoot.
Last month, Gorakhpur police arrested a 17-and-a-half-year-old boy for allegedly selling more than 4,000 child pornography videos online. The defendant also purchased the videos from a supplier named “Raj” via Telegram, earning a 30% commission on each sale. The supplier is still being investigated.