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Netherlands national held for uploading child porn pictures

Special Correspondent

W. Williams

CHENNAI: Officials of the Cyber Crime Cell apprehended a Netherlands national here on Saturday on charges of uploading pornographic pictures of children on the Internet.

Acting on information passed on by the Interpol, investigators raided the premises of the suspect at Choolaimedu and arrested him late on Friday. Pornographic CDs containing obscene clips and pictures of children/adults and electronic gadgets used to upload them on a site “ www.rapidshare.com” were seized, the police said.

W. Williams (56) of Amsterdam came to India about 30 years ago on a tourist visa. He stayed on in the guise of a social worker. A case of child abuse and passport violation was registered against him by the Mahabalipuram police in 2002.

A child protection centre in Germany had alerted the Interpol on the offensive pictures being uploaded on the website. Chennai Police Commissioner T. Rajendran had directed Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Crime Branch) C. Sridhar to investigate. A special team of the Cyber Crime Cell led by Assistant Commissioner of Police M. Sudhakar had been formed.

“We are investigating the source of the seized materials. The CDs, laptop, CPU, pen drives and other tools are being analysed. This is the first case being registered after Information Technology Act 2008 was amended. The accused has been booked under Section 67 B (abusing children online),” Dr. Sudhakar said.

Though the accused was arrested from a house on Ponnusamy Vadhiyar Street, the police are also investigating his earlier places of stay, acquaintances and antecedents. “This explains the character of cyber crime and how international cooperation is essential in combating such offences. Williams was using a high-speed internet connectivity to commit the offence,” Dr. Sudhakar said.

According to the Kancheepuram district police, Williams was arrested for allegedly abusing children in Poooncheri. He had operated a ‘Little Home’ for orphans. “The accused was arrested and remanded to judicial custody. After release on bail, he absconded,” a police officer said.

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