An online minor sexual abuse racket has been busted by the CBI today.
This is part of an ongoing investigation.
The leader of the gang was arrested from his house in Srinagar. He is being produced in court.
The racket operated and targeted minors online.
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CBI says that they have recently traced and arrested another accused from Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh on November 16.
The man is accused of sexually abusing at least 50 minors from the districts of Chitrakoot, Banda & Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh).
Searches are on across India.
CBI isn't revealing how they got to know about these rackets but sources confirm that they got to know about them while pursuing an "ongoing case" which is under investigation.
A huge cache of data in pen drives, laptops, external hard drives have been recovered from both accused
The accused in Uttar Pradesh used to sell the pornographic material online on dark web. The transactions have been traced.
The man in Srinagar had a conduit, a woman, in Washington DC, and both used to engage in blackmailing minor girls from the USA with incriminating materials.
As per CBI: The accused's partner is living in Washington DC.
"The accused was allegedly operating through his wife, who had agreed to be involved in Master - Slave relationship with the accused and on his direction, she allegedly exploited multiple minors, recorded these abuses"