Staff Correspondent

Worried over their widespread abuse, law enforcers have moved to crack down on some online games and social media applications, including “TikTok”.

Rapid Action Battalion Director General Abdullah Al Mamun yesterday said, “There has been a rise in criminal activity with the use of several digital apps, including TikTok... A high committee is reviewing how to shut down such apps.”

A racket was recently found using TikTok as a means to traffic young women from Bangladesh to India.

Law enforcers came to know about the use of the application while investigating an incident of sexual abuse a girl had to endure by said traffickers in India’s Bengaluru. A video footage of the incident went viral on social media through TikTok.