The city police has approached Facebook asking them to provide information on those who created pages containing paedophilic content on the social media site. The persons who ‘liked’ the pages are also under the scanner.

The pages, which used images of children, especially young girls, to attract paedophiles and sexually explicit comments in Tamil were up for a while but were pulled off on Wednesday afternoon. Following media reports on the matter, the cyber crime wing of the Central Crime Branch of the city police registered a case under the IT Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, and has approached FB authorities in a bid to track the creators of the pages.

The State CB-CID has also registered a case on the pages and is also coordinating with Facebook.

Police have strictly warned internet users against posting paedophilic or any obscene content pertaining to women and children.

Violators will face strict punishment, including imprisonment, for such offences.