The case joins a catalogue of others in recent years that have been solved through DNA testing, a powerful tool in courtrooms across the country that has both led to people being exonerated of wrongful convictions and helped investigators find the killers in cold cases from decades ago (Representative Image)

The CBI on Saturday carried out searches at 56 locations in 19 states and a Union Territory in connection with two cases of circulation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online as part of Operation 'Megha Chakra', officials said. The searches were based on inputs from Interpol Singapore and intelligence obtained during last year's Operation Carbon, conducted against peddlers of CSAM on the Internet using cloud storage, they said.

The operation is targeted at cloud storage facilities used by the peddlers to circulate audio-visuals of illicit sexual activities with minors, thus earning the code 'Megha Chakra'. The agency, being the first agency to set up a cyber crime unit, has hit CSAM peddlers across India, an official said.

CBI cracks down against child sex abuse material, raids 56 locations across country

The CBI targeted cloud storage facilities used by the peddlers to circulate audio-visuals of illicit sexual activities with minors by carrying out searches at 56 locations in 19 states.