India, June 4 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a man from Haryana's Hisar for allegedly raping children and creating, uploading, browsing, collecting, and exchanging child sexual abuse material online, the agency said on Wednesday. The activities of Somnath, the accused, were detected through an Interpol database.

"In furtherance to its strong commitment in combating the menace of child sexual exploitation and bring the perpetrators to justice, CBI has arrested the accused from district Hisar, Haryana, on allegations of committing rape, penetrative sexual assault, etc on multiple minor victims," the CBI said in a statement.

The agency arrested Somnath from his residence in Hisar and recovered incriminating gadge...