Overview
- Police said the arrest on Wednesday follows allegations of creating, uploading and circulating child sexual abuse content on social media.
- Officials identified the suspect as K. Satya Murthy of Visakhapatnam, who ran the YouTube channel “Viral Hub” (@ViralHub007).
- Investigators reported videos where minors were asked obscene, sexually explicit questions, including one instance of inducing two children to kiss.
- Authorities said those featured were about 15 to 17 years old, and a suo motu case was opened on October 16, 2025 before digital evidence led to his tracing and arrest.
- Police noted the channel began in 2018 with vulgar influencer interviews and later escalated to targeting minors, and they urged the public to report abuse via local units, Helpline 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in.