Bengaluru: Two techies arrested for uploading photos of college students on porn sites

On Thursday two techies were arrested by the Bangalore Central Crime Branch Police for uploading images of college students and lecturers to porn sites.

According to CCB Police, Ajay Thanikachalam(37) from CV Raman Nagar and Vikas Raghotham (27) from Rajaianagara were arrested based on seven complaints filed across Cyber Crime, Economic Offences, and Narcotics (CEN) police stations.

Speaking to indianexpress.com, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil said, “The two accused were uploading photos of college students and lecturers, taken from their Instagram and Facebook profiles, to the various porn websites.”

There were uploaded up to 30 images online. “We sent an e-mail to porn sites immediately after receipt of complaints and deleted all images,” Patil added.

Police also seized laptops and mobile phones from the two accused. A case under the IT Act was registered against the duo at the Cyber Crime police station.