The Maharashtra police have arrested 105 persons and registered 213 cases in connection with creation and circulation of child pornography on the internet in the last 18 months, a senior police official said on Friday.

The cases were registered based on the "tipline reports" shared by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) in the last 18 months, said Sanjay Shintre, superintendent of police (SP) Maharashtra Cyber. The "tipline reports" of child pornography are generated by the US-based National Centre of Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) after monitoring websites, search engines and social media platforms. The NCMEC with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regularly shares the reports with the NCRB of India, which shares it with the cyber police of all states, it was stated.