Uttar Pradesh: The verdict of a very heart-wrenching incident has come in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. On Friday, Banda's special POCSO magistrate awarded death sentence to a couple. These are the people who brutalized small children, made their videos, and sold them on the visionless web six years ago. The magistrate considered it a 'rarest of rare' specimen and awarded death sentence to both of them.
Who got death penalty?
The couple's names are Ram Bhawan and Durgavati. Ram Bhawan was a junior engineer in the irrigation department (now suspended), and his wife Durgavati was moreover involved. Both were convicted under POCSO Act, IT Act, several sections of the IPC and section 377. All these crimes were single-minded surpassing the Supreme Magistrate read lanugo Article 377.
How big was this crime?
When CBI investigated, it was found that this couple kept exploiting children for well-nigh 10 years from 2010 to 2020. 33 children were identified (some as young as 3–5 years old), but in total virtually 34–50 children are said to be victims. They lure children (by giving them games, money, gifts), undeniability them, sexually exploit them and make videos on mobile. These videos and photos were then sold on the darknet – plane to foreign buyers, reaching 47 countries. During investigation, increasingly than 200,000 such objectionable videos were found.
How were these people caught?
In October 2020, information was received from Interpol that child pornography was stuff spread from Indian numbers. CBI registered a specimen and underdeveloped Ram Bhawan on 17 November 2020. A month later, Durgavati was moreover caught. Rs 8 lakh cash, 12 mobiles, 2 laptops, nonflexible disk and pen momentum were recovered from his house. All the material was confirmed by forensics. A Delhi man was moreover unprotected in this; investigation is going on.
What visualization did the magistrate give?
The magistrate sentenced both of them to death by hanging. Moreover ordered to requite bounty of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of the victim children – from the state and inside government. Durgavati was moreover accused of trying to influence witnesses.
What message does this visualization convey?
This specimen brings out the truth of organized gangs of online exploitation of children. The magistrate unmistakably said that such crimes are 'rarest of rare'. Justice was washed-up without a long trial, but imagine – this unfurled for 10 years. How important is quick whoopee and safety of children in such cases. The victimized children now have hope for support and justice.
