Tamil Nadu: 50-year-old priest arrested for uploading child pornography
India Today
A 50-year-old priest has been arrested for allegedly uploading child pornography on social media in Tamil Nadu.
The Udumalpet All Women Police arrested a 50-year-old priest from Tamil Nadu's Madathukulam on charges of uploading child pornographic content.
The complaint was based on an alert from the US-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) CyberTipline organisation.
According to the police, Tiruppur District Police received a report from NCMEC CyberTipline recently regarding the uploading of a child pornography video to Facebook. Based on the IP address provided in the report, the police traced it to Kaniyur in Madathukulam taluk.
On Wednesday, a team from Udumalpet All Women Police station zeroed in on V Vaithiyanathan, a resident of Agraharam Street who worked as a priest at a temple in Venkittapuram, the police said.
Following his confession, he was booked under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Information Technology Act.
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