An Indian-origin psychiatrist in London has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment by a UK court for his role in running a dark web child abuse site. Indian-origin Kabir Garg sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment by UK courtAccording to media reports, the 33-year-old psychiatrist, named Dr Kabir Garg, hailing from Lewisham in South-eastern London was identified by UKs National Crime Agency (NCA) as one of the operators of the dark net website – The Annex. The website had more than 90,000 members worldwide.Garg, who has been sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court, is on the Sex Offenders Register for life. Thats not it, the London-based psychiatrist was also charged with other allegations including facilitating the sexual exploitation of children, three counts each of making and distributing indecent images of children, and possession of prohibited images, to which he had pleaded guilty in January this year. Official statements by UKs NCAIn an official statement, NCAs Adam Priestley said, “Garg was involved in facilitating child sexual abuse on a significant scale. He used the dark web to access a global community of paedophiles sharing and discussing horrific crimes against children.”#ICYMI: London psychiatrist Dr Kabir Garg and David Mould from East Sussex – both prolific users of dark web child abuse sites – were jailed following two separate NCA investigations.Read more:David Mould ➡️ https://t.co/VJy1Ar98Re Kabir Garg ➡️ https://t.co/2w3L1CIvfJ pic.twitter.com/y7NMoYsf3e— National Crime Agency (NCA) (@NCA_UK) June 25, 2023The officials added, “There are hundreds of thousands of members of such sites on the dark web, but few of them are prepared to commit to being a member of staff, which involves dedicating a lot of time for no payment.”Taking notes from the case, the national crime agency of the UK said, “Officers arrested Garg at his flat in Lewisham in November 2022 as part of a coordinated operation with international partners, at a time when the site was open on his laptop with Garg logged into his moderator account.”Similar case In a similar case last year, UK officials also arrested Matthew Smith (34-year-old) for allegedly being involved in child sexual abuse in India and recovered thousands of images and videos of sexual assaults perpetrated on children, the media reports said.What did the authorities seize from Gargs placeAround 7,000 indecent images, videos, and several medical journal articles, which Garg acquired as a psychiatrist, have been seized by the authorities. One of the journals was titled A Study on Child Abuse India. During the investigation, Around 7,000 indecent images, videos, and several medical journal articles, which Garg acquired as a psychiatrist, have been seized by the authorities.The agency found that Garg was an initial member of the website, but gradually he dedicated time and effort to become sufficiently trusted to be invited to be a moderator. As per the media reports, he was also responsible for enforcing the rules of the site and removing members who did not comply.
