MUMBAI : A 23-year-old student has been arrested here for allegedly circulating, stocking and distributing child pornography through messaging application on Instagram, police said on Thursday. Piyush Satish More, a resident of Panvel in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, was apprehended on Tuesday by a team from Nodal Cyber police station of Maharashtra Cyber, an official said. More had created an account on Instagram under fake identity to circulate, stock and distribute pornographic content for money, he said. The police have seized the accused's mobile phone, which contains several such videos, he said, adding that some financial transactions related to the content were found in his bank account. An FIR under relevant sections the IPC and Information Technology Act has been registered and further probe is on, the official said.
Mumbai: A 25-year-old Panvel resident who allegedly used to upload clips of child pornography and sell them on the internet has been arrested by the Maharashtra cyber police.Police arrested Kumar Piyush Satish More under Indian Penal Code sections of Obscene Act and Information Technology Act. The complaint was filed by the partner organisation Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation of Indian Child Protection Fund. The complaint addressed to the Maharashtra cyber office regarding the provision of information and detection technology services for the prevention of sexual cyber crime as well as the distribution of videos, links regarding child pornography on digital platforms. During investigations it transpired that somebody was selling the pornographic material on Telegram app.Police track the account to Anal D’Suza. His account details led police to links to pornographic sites particularly child pornography. On clicking the site police found video clips of child pornography and it stated that if one wants to get access to it he should pay Rs1,000. On request within two days the handler sent a mobile number having payment linked to a mobile number. Police tracked down the number linked to the payment links.“These accounts were linked to a bank account which was in the name of Piyush More. No sooner did we send the money the accused sent around 200 videos related to child pornography. We tracked More to Panvel in Navi Mumbai and arrested him,” said an officer. Police recovered a mobile phone, two SIM cards and one memory card containing pornographic material. Police believe that More was part of a bigger group involved in child pornography.The police said that they want to know the number of people the pornographic material had been sold to by the accused person.
The iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, continues to be the most preferred film shooting location for Indian filmmakers.The Mumbai-headquartered Central Railway earned over Rs 2.48 crore in this financial year 2021-22 by offering its various premises and rail coaches for film shootings. This is the highest ever revenue earned by Central Railway (CR) in any financial year. The Central Railway earned the highest revenue of Rs 1.27 crore from the feature film 2 Brides shot at Yeola, Kanhegaon stations while shooting in a special train for 18 days.Another feature film shot at Adarki Railway Station with a special train for nine days fetched Rs 65.95 lakh.Around 10 films, including six feature films, two web series, one short film and an advertisement were shot at different Central Railway locations by various filmmakers and production houses. Four films, including a film starring Arshad Warsi and Chitrangada Singh titled Moder Love – Cutting Chai, were shot at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.Besides Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, stations like Apta, Panvel, Wathar, Satara, Lonavla, Khandala, Matheran and railway yards like Turbhe and Wadi Bunder are also preferred film shooting locations. The other film shooting locations are the old Wadi Bunder yard, Adarki railway station near Satara, Yeola, Kanhegaon stations between Manmad and Ahmednagar, Dadar, Mulund RPF ground and the attractive hill stations for Mumbaikars, the Matheran railway station.Despite the Covid-19 restrictions in the initial six months of this financial year, the Central Railway with its seamless process attracted production houses to use its location for film shooting and generated this record revenue.Despite stringent Covid-19 restrictions during the last financial year, 2020-21, the Central Railway's revenue stood at Rs 41.16 lakh.CR General Manager Anil Kumar Lahoti said: "Thanks to our popular locations like Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Railway Station, the old Wadi Bunder yard, Wathar near Satara and the Apta station in Panvel and also the initiatives to grant permission without any hassles to the production houses enabled us to earn record revenue from film shoots" ."Many box office hit films were shot over Central Railway like Slum Dog Millionaire, Kaminey, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Ra-one, Raavan, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Dilwale Dulaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dabangg, Darbaar, Rang de Basanti, Baaghi, Khaki, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, and many others hit films were shot over the years,” CR Chief Public Relations Officer Shivaji Sutar said.The permission for the film shooting is granted by the Public Relations Department of CR. Recently, to expedite the film shooting permission, a single window system was introduced/ Watch the latest DH Videos here:
MUMBAI: This financial year, the central railway has earned more than Rs 2.48 crore — highest ever — by offering various premises and rail coaches for film shooting. “Around 10 films were shot, including, six feature films, two web series, one short film, and an advertisement across different CR locations,” said chief PRO Shivaji Sutar. Out of the total amount earned, the highest revenue of Rs 1.27 crore was made from feature film, 2 Brides, shot at Yeola, Kanhegaon stations with shooting special Train for 18 days. Another feature film shot at Adarki Railway Station for nine days fetched Rs. 65.95 lakh. Other locations used for shooting include, old Wadi Bunder yard, Adarki railway station near Satara, Yeola, Kanhegaon stations between Manmad and Ahmednagar, Dadar, Mulund RPF ground and Matheran Railway station.
At least 1,349 people have travelled from foreign countries to Maharashtra's Raigad in the last eight days, and the district health department is keeping a watch on them in light of the emergence of Omicron, the new variant of coronavirus, an official said on Saturday.While the Covid-19 test reports of these travellers have come out negative, they have been advised to remain under home quarantine, district health officer Dr Sudhakar More said. Of the 1,349 travellers, 594 arrived in Panvel, 150 in Mangaon, 116 in Panvel rural, 105 in Mahad, 83 in Shrivardhan, 170 in Mhasala, 28 in Alibaug, among other parts of the district, he said.The airport authority has been regularly sharing the details of passengers with the local administration for monitoring purposes, the official added.Check out latest DH videos here
