Panaji, March 23 The son of a councillor has been arrested in Goa for allegedly shooting and circulating obscene videos of local minor girls, police said on Monday.
Superintendent of Police (South) Santosh Desai said the accused, Soham Naik (20), whose father is a councillor in the town of Curchorem in the Kushawati district, was arrested on Sunday evening under relevant provisions of the POCSO Act and the Goa Children's Act after multiple videos of underage girls were found on his mobile phone.
He said the matter came to light when a local newspaper carried a report about his alleged involvement in exploiting several minor girls.
"We recorded the statement of the journalist (who wrote the news story) and later arrested the accused," the SP informed.
Residents of Curchorem organised a protest march to the local police station on Sunday, demanding the arrest of Naik. They alleged that obscene videos featuring minor girls from the town were being circulated by the accused in different groups.
Desai said the police were investigating the case even as no formal complaint has been received from any of the girls or their families.
