Hisar Man Arrested for Raping Minors, Circulating Child Abuse Content Online

Activities of the accused, identified as 40-year-old Somnath, were detected through an Interpol database

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[e-mail] NEW DELHI/ROHTAK: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a man from Hisar in Haryana for allegedly raping children and creating, uploading, browsing, collecting, and exchanging child sexual abuse material online, the agency said on Wednesday.

The activities of the accused, identified as 40-year-old Somnath, were detected through an Interpol database. "In furtherance of its strong commitment in combating the menace of child sexual exploitation and bringing the perpetrators to justice, the CBI has arrested the accused from Hisar in Haryana on allegations of committing rape, penetrative sexual assault etc. on multiple minor victims," the federal agency said in a statement.

The CBI arrested Somnath from his residence in Hisar and recovered incriminating gadgets on Tuesday. It found he allegedly raped, sexually assaulted, threatened and used multiple children for pornography.