Three long months after receiving the information, the CBI registered a preliminary inquiry on May 10, 2019.
The
Central Bureau of Investigation has booked seven Indians for being
part of international WhatsApp
groups circulating child sexual abuse content, a probe triggered by
the arrest of a group member in Germany, officials said here Monday.
The
agency has carried out searches at several locations across the
country after registering an FIR against seven persons who owned the
numbers which were part of the WhatsApp groups, they said.
The
agency was informed by German Embassy on January 31, 2019 about the
arrest and conviction of Sasche Treppke in that country for
involvement in sexual
abuse of children and distribution of related material between
November 24, 2015 and July 8, 2016, according to the FIR.
Three
long months after receiving the information, the CBI registered a
preliminary inquiry on May 10, 2019 to verify the facts, the FIR
said. During their investigation, German sleuths searched the
residence of Treppke and found huge data in the form of pictures and
videos pertaining to child sexual abuse, officials said.
It
also surfaced that Treppke was member of 29 WhatsApp groups, having a
total of 483 participants, on which the sexual abuse content was
shared. Seven "active" Indian numbers too were found to be
part of these WhatsApp groups, they said.
After
nearly five months of preliminary inquiry, CBI managed to access the
customer application forms and identity proofs submitted by these
seven subscribers to establish their identities, they said.
The
phone numbers are from Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal,
Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Trying to contact them failed as none
were functioning, they said.
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