Student held for installing camera inside girls’ toilet

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru:

In a shocking incident, a student of a private college in the city was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly installing a secret camera inside the girls’ restroom here. According to Giri Nagar police, the accused was caught red-handed by one of the students while fixing the camera. However, he had managed to escape when a girl raised an alarm.

The arrested student is identified as Shubham M Azad, the fifth-semester BBA student at a college in Hosakerehalli. Shubham had fixed a secret camera in the girls’ toilet, the police said. Preliminary investigations revealed that he had recorded more than 2,000 videos and photos of college girls, including his classmates.

Though he managed to escape from the spot, he was caught after checking the CCTV footage. The police also stated that Shubham had been caught earlier for a similar offence but had rendered an apology and was pardoned by the college management. This time, the college authorities filed a complaint against him with the jurisdictional police station.

The police seized his mobile phone and found more than 1,200 private videos and photos of the girls. Investigation revealed that the accused has one more mobile phone, which the cops are yet to recover. Further investigation is on