65 teens caught by cops watching porn, ISIS beheadings

December 15, 2016

Hyderabad, Dec 15: For over an hour on Wednesday afternoon, a police building in Hyderabad's Old City area was converted into a counselling zone for nearly 65 young Hyderabadis caught watching porn. Parents were also invited. All the children were boys; some were as young as 11.

childpornPolice sources say that they tailed the teens after parents complained that their children were spending inordinate amounts of time at cyber cafes claiming that they needed internet access to do their homework.

Salma Sultana, a home-maker, said her son would take money from her, saying he needed to download material from the internet for school. "I did not know what was happening but he would be away for a long time,'' she said.

A series of complaints like Salma's led to the police searching nearly 100 internet cafes where they found children browsing adult-only sites. About 30 cases have been filed against the owners of internet cafes involved; the charges range from not having security cameras on location to allowing minors to watch porn.

At the counseling session, the police asked parents to watch their children's after-school activity more closely. They also said they would involve schools in helping out with net-nannying.

The police is particularly concerned that many of the children appeared to be watching a large amount of violence, including ISIS propaganda material like filmed beheadings.

"We are keeping up our vigil because we see this as a critical area for youngsters to get diverted into undesirable activity," senior official Satyanarayana said.

In some parts of the session, younger children giggled and said they were playing video games when the police found them. Some said that they were caught watching porn the first or second time they attempted it. A 16-year-old who is a school dropout said he was watching music videos on YouTube and was incorrectly collated in the group that allegedly logged on for porn.

At least a few parents were initially awkward about acknowledging their children's transgressions, but soon loosened up and shared the difficulty of internet monitoring.

Quddus, who works as a salesperson in a clothes showroom, said the counselling would not have been his first choice, but he was glad to have participated in it. "I first wanted to hit him. That was my first instinct. Then I thought, I need to talk to him. I am glad the Hyderabad police did this drive to wean children away from all this.

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January 12,2020

Mumbai, Jan 12: At least eight persons were killed and several others injured when a massive blast followed by a fire ripped a chemical factory at Boisar in Palghar district, nearly 100 km north of Mumbai, on Saturday, officials said.

Top Palghar district administration, police and fire brigade officials have rushed to the spot for the rescue operation, while Fire Brigade teams from Boisar MIDC industrial area and Tarapur Atomic Power Station are engaged in dousing the flames.

As per local witnesses, the intensity of the explosion was so severe that it was audible in a 35-km range and one building in the factory collapsed.

Besides, many homes in the immediate vicinity were shaken and people ran outside thinking it was an earthquake, as power lines also failed.

The exact cause of the explosion-cum-blaze which occurred around 7 p.m. is not immediately available.

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June 22,2020

Kochi, Jun 22: A 54-day-old baby suffered brain damage after she was allegedly slapped and thrown on a cot at home by his father in Angamaly municipality of Ernakulam district, police said.

Doctor Sojan Ipe of MOSC Medical College Hospital at Kolenchery said that the damage caused to the brain is serious. The child was admitted with bleeding in the brain on Friday.

On Saturday, 40-year-old pastor Shaiju Thomas, who is the child's father was arrested by the Angamaly police in connection with the incident. He is currently lodged at the Covid first-line treatment centre at Angamaly.

Shaiju has been charged with IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder) and under the Juvenile Justice Act.

According to Angamaly Police, ''the accused was always doubtful of his wife and raised questions over the parenthood of the child. He had slapped the child on multiple occasions. She fell unconscious on Thursday night after a similar attack and was taken to the hospital. We have so far received enough evidence against the accused.''

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June 2,2020

Pratapgarh, Jun 2: In a shocking incident, a young man was tied to a tree and set afire by the family of a woman with whom he was allegedly having an affair in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh late on Monday night.

The man, 25, was a resident of Bhujauni village under Fatanpur police station, and he died on the spot.

Enraged over the incident, his family members and local people turned violent and set two police vehicles on fire.

Additional forces were rushed in to control the situation that remains tense.

The body has been sent for post-mortem.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP), Pratapgarh, Abhishek Singh, "Some people barged into the house of Ambika Patel and dragged him away. They then tied Patel to a tree some distance away and set him on fire after sprinkling petrol on him. They fled immediately after." Agitated family members and villagers assembled at the site and set a 112 police response vehicle (PRV) and another police jeep on fire. They were demanding immediate arrest and action against the accused.

The official said that Patel's relatives claimed that he was having an affair with a woman from his village and this had resulted in many face-offs between the families.

Patel had reportedly shared a video clip of the woman on social media a few months ago further increasing tension between the families.

The woman's family members had registered a police complaint against Patel in this connection at the Fatanpur police station that led to his arrest. He was released from jail recently, police added.

The woman had been recently selected as a police constable and was posted to Kanpur.

The SP said that an FIR had been registered on the complaint of the victim's family and efforts were on to arrest the accused.

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