The Kerala Police CyberDome executed an extensive synchronous law enforcement initiative dubbed ‘Operation P-Hunt’ across fourteen revenue districts, lodging 135 statutory complaints and taking eight individuals into custody. The multi-agency operation targeted illicit networks engaged in the acquisition, dissemination, and digital consumption of child sexual abuse material across encrypted messaging platforms.
Acting on intelligence supplied by international policing observatories and national cyber crime reporting registries, cyber forensic investigators conducted dawn search warrants at more than two hundred residential and commercial premises. Technical examiners seized hundreds of hard drives, smartphones, and network storage servers containing terabytes of illicit digital content for exhaustive laboratory analysis.
State cyber division chiefs affirmed that zero tolerance will govern offenses violating children’s online dignity and psychological welfare. Legal proceedings under stringent provisions of the Information Technology Act and child protection statutes have been initiated, alongside requests for blocking recalcitrant domain servers and dark-web chat rooms.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/p-hunt-police-register-135-cases-arrest-eight-in-statewide-crackdown/article71504741.ece