E-rickshaw driver who ferried school kids held for sharing child pornography videos

Indore: An electric rickshaw driver who ferried school kids in his three-wheeler in Indore has been arrested for allegedly sharing child pornography videos, a police official said on Friday.

The 60-year-old man had shared three porn clips involving children through WhatsApp, said inspector Dinesh Verma of the cyber squad of police.

To deceive the investigators, the accused had formatted his mobile phone, but the police used technology to recover the deleted objectionable visuals that he had sent to other people, the official said.

“These videos are related to the sexual exploitation of children. At first glance, it seems they have been shot abroad. We have seized the mobile phone of the accused,” said Verma.

The accused used to pick up students from their homes, take them to a school in the city, and drop them back in his e-rickshaw, he said.

The official said that the cyber cell of the police will write to the school management, informing them about the arrest of the accused and asking them to take appropriate action against him.

An FIR has been registered against the accused under the Information Technology Act, he said, adding that a probe is underway.