Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police arrested a person for offences related to creation, uploading, and circulation of child sexual abuse content through social media platforms.
The arrested has been identified as Kambeti Satya Murthy of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. He was involved in running a YouTube channel named “Viral Hub”, wherein objectionable and child-abusive content was uploaded and circulated. The content consisted of interviews conducted with minors.
The content consisted of interviews conducted with minors, during which the accused deliberately posed obscene, sexually explicit, and vulgar questions. The videos also contained sexually explicit language and indecent behaviour, thereby grossly violating child protection and cyber laws.
On October 16, 2025, the Cybercrime police registered a suo motu case after noticing child abuse-related videos circulating on the YouTube channel “Viral Hub”. Upon technical analysis and verification, it was confirmed that the content was in clear violation of child protection laws and provisions of cyber laws.
Based on digital evidence collected during the investigation, the accused was identified, traced, and arrested.
The accused has been operating the channel since 2018. Initially, he conducted interviews with social media influencers using vulgar language to attract viewership and earn revenue. Subsequently, with the intention of increasing views and monetization, the accused escalated his activities by targeting minors, conducting interviews with a minor girl and a minor boy using highly obscene and sexually explicit language, and uploading such content on social media platforms, thereby committing serious criminal offences.
