Bengaluru, Nov. 30 -- Cybercrime police here have booked a case against a software engineer for allegedly accessing and sharing child pornography.

Police said that the accused, a resident of Girinagar has been booked under Section 67 (b) (Punishment for publishing or transmitting material depicting children in sexually explicit acts) of the IT Act, 2000.

"The accused has not been arrested as there was no prima facie evidence found when the police raided his house on November 25. His laptop and mobile phone have been confiscated and sent to the forensic laboratory for analysis. We are waiting for the report," said a police officer.

The incident came to light when officials with the CyberTipline - the centralised reporting system for the...