A Dhaka metropolitan court on Sunday ordered authorities concerned to identify and take legal action against online groups, their administrators and fraudulent networks involved in the circulation of pornography and illegal financial transactions.
Dhaka additional chief metropolitan magistrate Zakir Hossain passed the order suo motu and asked to file regular case in this connection.
The court came up with the order as a news report titled 鈥楾housands of young women鈥檚 nude videos sold on Telegram鈥� was published by a media outlet on Saturday. The report was also carried by several online news portals and widely shared and discussed on social media platforms.
Considering the matter of public importance, the court took cognisance of the report under Section 190(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and accepted it for judicial consideration, the court said in its order.
The court directed the deputy commissioner of the cyber and special crime division of the detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police to appoint a competent and skilled investigation officer to identify the online pornography-related groups, their administrators, and fraudulent networks involved in financial transactions, and to take appropriate legal action against them based on the information mentioned in the report.
The court also instructed that regular cases be filed in light of the findings revealed during the investigation and ordered the investigating officer to submit a progress report every 15 days.
