The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday carried out raids at 77 locations in 14 states in connection with a child pornography racket being run across the country. The special wing of the federal agency has registered 23 FIRs based on information received by them. So far no arrests have been made in the case.

As per the special crime wing of the central agency, the cases were registered after they received source-based information that a syndicate of individuals based in different parts of India and foreign countries was circulating, storing and viewing Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) through various social media platforms/groups. Such people are disseminating CSEM by way of sharing links, videos, pictures, texts, posts and hosting such content on social media groups/platforms (especially through WhatsApp groups and third-party storage/hosting platforms).