Kochi: The police arrested a native of Assam, Habijur Rehman, for storing nude pictures and videos of minors on his mobile phone and for sharing it. The arrest occurred after the police conducted a search in Ernakulam district as part of Operation P-Hunt. The police recovered nude pictures and videos of small children from his mobile phone.
Operation P-Hunt is a cyber operation conducted jointly by the state police and Cyber Dome. The operation involves apprehending those involved in downloading and spreading vulgar pictures and videos of minors from the internet.
The police had arrested ten individuals, the other day, in a statewide crackdown. The police confiscated 123 electronic devices used to collect images and videos. The arrested individuals belong to Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Malappuram and Idukki districts.
Previously, the police had undertaken a statewide search at 389 centers. Vulgar photos of children ranging from sixteen to as young as five years of age were recovered from the electronic devices confiscated in the raids.
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