A man was arrested Wednesday in an investigation into the uploading of images showing child sex abuse, police in Brookline, Massachusetts, said.
Firoze Kohli, 27, was taken into custody after a court-authorized search at an apartment on Commonwealth Avenue, police said. He faces charges of possessing child pornography and disseminating obscene matter.
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Kohli is being suspended from Boston College, where he's a graduate student, a representative for the school said in a statement to NBC10 Boston.
"BC Police has been cooperating with Brookline Police on the investigation. With today's arrest, the graduate student will be issued a summary suspension from the University, which will remain in effect until the resolution of the court proceedings," the statement said.
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The investigation began with a tip from the parent company of an app called Kik to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which passed it along to Brookline police, the department said. At the apartment, officers saw what appeared to be child sex abuse imagery and seized several electronics.
More information about the alleged crimes wasn't immediately available, and it wasn't immediately clear if Kohli had an attorney who could speak to the charges.
Police noted more charges were possible as the investigation continues.
Boston police and FBI agents were at the scene as well.
Another apartment, on Beacon Street, was searched in connection with the investigation, police said, but they determined a former roommate of Kohli's was not suspected of any criminal activity.
