Overview
- Police carried out coordinated raids across central Delhi that ended on Sunday, July 19, after a five-day operation which led to the arrest of 10 people.
- The action followed international cyber tipline inputs and technical electronic tracing that flagged alleged uploading, downloading and circulation of child sexual exploitative and abuse material.
- Ten FIRs were registered at six Central District police stations under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Information Technology Act.
- Officers seized mobile phones and other digital hardware that have been secured for comprehensive forensic examination under the supervision of DCP (Crime) Rohit Rajbir Singh.
- Investigators say analysis of seized devices and digital footprints could identify co-conspirators and lead to further arrests while identities of the accused remain withheld during the ongoing probe.