Before Operation Hawk, the CBI had launched Operation Carbon in 2021 and Operation Megh Chakra in 2022 as part of its efforts for rapid response to online child sexual exploitation cases with international linkages. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on the basis of inputs received from Operation Hawk, launched by the US, has taken swift action to successfully dismantle the cybercrime networks involving online child sexual exploitation with international linkages. International Operations Division of CBI registered a case against Sheik Muizz Ahmed under Section 506 of Indian Penal Code, Section 66D of Information Technology Act, 2000, and Section 12 read with Section 11 of POCSO Act, 2012. Arrest of Sheikh Muizz Ahmed “During March 2024, accused Sheikh Muizz Ahmed, a resident of Mangaluru, operated through social media platform ‘Discord’ under the username “heisenberg7343” and engaged in online chats with a minor girl from the USA. The accused induced the minor girl to engage in sexual chats with him and he further enticed her to share her obscene images, videos …