CBI Researches Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse Online Across India | Latest India News

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According to an official statement, the CBI on November 14 registered 23 separate cases against 83 defendants on allegations of child sexual abuse and exploitation online.

Written by Harshit Sabarwal | Published by Meenakshi Ray, New Delhi

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducts research at approximately 76 sites across the country in 14 states and Union Territories (UT) in connection with online child sexual abuse and exploitation. These states and UTs include Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, UP, Punjab, Bihar, Odisha, Tamilnadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Haryana.

According to an official statement, the CBI on November 14 registered 23 separate cases against 83 defendants on allegations of child sexual abuse and exploitation online. More details will be known once the research is completed, an official told ANI news agency.

In 2019, the CBI set up an Online Child Abuse and Sexual Exploitation Prevention / Investigation Unit (OCSAE) as part of its Special Crime Zone. The OCSAE unit is responsible for collecting and disseminating information regarding the publication and transmission of information relating to child sexual abuse and exploitation online.

With the help of this unit, CBI was able to arrest in 2020 a Uttar Pradesh government engineer for allegedly sexually exploiting around 50 underage children over the past decade and selling videos and photographs of nefarious acts. on the darknet to other pedophiles around the world.

Rambhawan, the accused, allegedly attacked children between the ages of 5 and 16 in the state’s Chitrakoot, Banda and Hamirpur districts, officials told the Hindustan Times in November last year.

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