Tracking Child Pedators

Operation Megh Chakra showed how foreign intelligence can trigger searches across India, while Thanjavur, Hisar and Aizawl demonstrate how ICSE data, CyberTipline reports and cyberforensics can converge during investigations involving online child sexual abuse material.

More than 69 lakh CyberTips had been shared with States and Union Territories by March 2025, yet no consolidated national data shows how many became FIRs, convictions or led investigators to identify and rescue children.

A single explicit file can generate thousands of detections as it circulates online, while platform flags remain only a starting point and cannot by themselves identify victims, offenders or establish criminal responsibility in India independently.