The lockdown has started to show some 'side effects' such as depression and anxiety in citizens. There have also been reports of increase in domestic violence in the state. But sadly, the police have also seen another disturbing trend. Maharashtra is especially seeing a spike in the consumption of child pornography online. The police have arrested 46 persons for indulging in child pornography across the state since the lockdown.

"The cybercrime department of the Maharashtra police registered 133 cases and arrested 46 people under IPC Sections 292 (prurient creation of lascivious images), the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act and the IT Act during the lockdown," said a senior police officer.