Three held for child pornography
The Hindu
The police registered cases against the accused under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Information Technology Act.
The Tirupati Urban district police on Tuesday arrested three persons on charges of uploading child pornographic videos on the Internet. Based on information received from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the district sleuths swung into action and nabbed K. Kishore Babu (28), K. Sai Srinivas (30) and Muni Kamal (22) from Bairagipatteda and Tiruchanur areas of the city by tracking their IP addresses.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.