There is no denying the fact that safety of women is not just the duty of government but also citizens of a country and one such group which works to save the minors from paedophile hunters on social media networks has got its hands laid on a bank employee.
This 38 years old Indian-origin man is known as Balachandran Kavungalparambath and he works as a business manager in Citibank. He was caught by a UK-based group called “Internet Interceptors” and its job is to keep a track of those adults who groom children online for sexual purpose.
How they trapped him:
Balachandran, who was from London, visited Birmingham in order to meet a 14-yr girl in a hotel room but in reality, the girl didn’t exist and it was the group’s activist who was posing as a girl and talking to the Citibank employee.
His lie exposed:
The father of one was in tears as nearly 130,000 watched the video of him getting caught live on Facebook. He claimed that he was there just to have lunch with the girl but his WhatsApp conversations with the girl told a completely different story.
When he was asked what will be the consequences after he has been caught, he was heard saying this on the video,
“I will have to leave the country. I am from India. I lose my job, I have to leave the country.”
Balachandran further said,
“I have heard about this. I heard about these groups. But as I said, I was supposed to have a chat with her, it was not with the intention of getting her into a bed and having sex with her. That was not my intention.”
However, when the group members read his WhatsApp messages, he confessed his mistake as he said, “It’s not right. I accept my mistake”. And when he was asked to pull out everything from his rucksack, perfume and condoms were found in it.
Here are some of his WhatsApp messages:
Legal action:
The Birmingham court has sent him to prison for 15 months and besides that, Balachandran has also been put on the sex offender register for 10 years and given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order to ensure that he doesn’t repeat it.
Citibank has fired him as their spokesperson said,
“This individual is not a Citi employee any longer. The offences are abhorrent.”
We will appeal to all the minors to be alert and keep themselves safe.
