Man held in Telangana for circulating child porn on social media

A 23-yr-old man allegedly circulating child pornography videos was nabbed from Nustullapur in Karimnagar district by police. He used to put up obscene content on social media and earn money through it.

Hyderabad (Telangana): A 23-year-old man, who was allegedly circulating child pornography videos on social media and earning money through it was on Thursday arrested in Karimnagar district, police said.

The Women Safety Wing of Telangana police had received credible information while cyber patrolling that a person was selling child porn videos on social networking apps and collecting money. It was during the course of the investigation that the person was identified by the police, an official release states.

A case was registered under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and IPC against the accused, who is a private employee in a Hyderabad-based company. He was nabbed near his residence at Nustullpur from Karimnagar district. A mobile phone and a laptop were also recovered from the accused.

The accused is said to be addicted to porn videos and had downloaded various child and adult pornography videos, besides saving them on his phone.

According to police, the man had set up a secured payment gateway QR code with the help of his friend to accept money, without disclosing his identity, and fixed the price at Rs 100 to access 300 plus videos on the group created for it.

It was on June 19, that the accused had shared the links of videos in the group, police said, adding that a further probe is on.