CBI arrests 3, detains over a dozen for circulating online child sexual abuse material

The CBI has arrested three people and detained a dozen others for indulging in circulating, storing and viewing Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) through various social media platforms.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three people from Delhi for their alleged role in online child sexual abuse and exploitation, officials told India Today. India Today has learnt that at least a dozen other suspects have been detained by the CBI, out of which few of them will be arrested soon.

The arrests were made by the CBI after a nationwide crackdown against sexual abuse of children in which over 77 premises in 14 states were raided by officials on Tuesday.