New Delhi/Rohtak, June 5 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a man from Hisar in Haryana for allegedly raping children and creating, uploading, browsing, collecting, and exchanging child sexual abuse material online, the agency said on Wednesday.

The activities of the accused, identified as 40-year-old Somnath, 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, the CBI has arrested the accused from Hisar in Haryana on allegations of committing rape, penetrative sexual assault etc on multiple minor victims," the federal agency said in a statement.

The CBI arrested Somnath from his residence i...