Lured With Gifts, Video Games: UP Engineer, His Wife Abused Minor Boys For Over A Decade | India News
Last Updated:February 22, 2026, 08:01 IST Ram Bhawan and Durgawati were sentenced to death in Uttar Pradesh for running a decade-long child-porn operation, abusing boys as young as three. Image credit: X/@thehawkeyex Ram Bhawan (50) and his wife, Durgawati (47), were sentenced to death on Friday under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act by a special court in Uttar Pradesh. For a decade, the couple ran a child-porn operation, involving minor boys. For the world, they led an ordinary life — a rented room in Chitrakoot, a posting as a junior engineer in the state’s irrigation department. However, what lay behind the curtains was a horrifying scandal, with boys as young as three years old as victims. Ram Bhawan and his wife made 2 lakh videos involving dozens of victims, the prosecution stated in the trial concluded this week. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which probed the case from late 2020, gave a detailed account of the couple’s modus operandi. LURED WITH GIFTS, VIDEO GAMES According to a CBI spokesperson, “Ram …





