New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) An Indian Army officer was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly disseminating pornographic photos of children over the internet, defence sources said Friday.

The accused, Lt. Col. Jagmohan Balbir Singh who was on leave in Mumbai, was Thursday nabbed by the police's cyber cell, the sources said.

'He has been taken into police custody for allegedly committing a cyber crime. He will be produced in a court soon. We have given an application for his custody,' the sources told IANS.