New Delhi: On Monday in its major initiative to curb child pornography India launched its first internet hotline to encourage people to report online child pornography and curb a surge in photographs and videos on the internet showing children being sexually exploited, the founders of the initiative said.

Siddharth Pillai, co-director of Indian anti-trafficking charity prerna arambh initiative will be the first to remove online porn images of children.

The hotline is a simple online form in which the public, police,and internet agencies can provide information where porn images are being hosted.

The hotline is hosted on aarambhindia.org