THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala police arrested 10 people from across the state in simultaneous raids and registered 46 cases in connection with alleged viewing and sharing objectionable contents related to children.

Police said they have also seized 123 electronic devices. The raids were conducted as part of the Kerala Police’s operation P-Hunt to crackdown on child pornography.

Four persons were arrested from Malappuram district while two each were nabbed from Idukki and Kochi, one each from Alappuzha and Ernakulam rural, police said.

Operation P-Hunt is a special drive of Kerala Police CCSE (Countering Child Sexual Exploitation) Team to curb crimes against children.

Viewing, distributing or storing of child pornographic content is a criminal offense and can get up to five years of jail and up to Rs 10 lakh fine.