Woman, boyfriend arrested for hiding camera in bathroom of Tata Electronics’ women hostel in TN

KRISHNAGIRI: A pistillate and her fellow were arrested connected Wednesday connected charges of installing a hidden camera successful a bath astatine a hostel for Tata Electronics Private Limited women employees successful Krishnagiri territory of Tamil Nadu, superintendent of constabulary P Thangadurai said successful a statement.

The arrested person been identified arsenic Neelukumari Gupta, 22, from Odisha, who is an worker of Tata Electronics Private Limited installation astatine Nagamangalam successful the territory and who stayed astatine the women’s hostel named Vidiyal Residency successful Lalikkal area, and her fellow Santhosh, 25. The Udanapalli constabulary arrested Santhosh from Bengaluru. The constabulary said Neelukumari had installed the camera successful the bath arsenic instructed by Santhosh.Vidiyal Residency has 11 floors and 8 blocks, providing accommodation for much than 6,000 women. Four women were staying successful each room. The camera was installed connected Sunday (Nov 2) successful the bath of a country occupied by women from bluish states, said further superintendent of constabulary Shankar. Neelukumari was 1 of the occupants of that room. Other women staying successful the country discovered the camera connected Tuesday and reported it to the hostel management.

The find of the camera created tensions among the hostel inmates. On Tuesday evening, much than 2,000 women residing successful the hostel staged a protest. Following this incident, Hosur further collector Aakriti Sethi and SP Thangadurai arrived astatine the scene. More than 100 constabulary unit were deployed to facilitate discussions and guarantee safety. Parents of galore women employees gathered extracurricular the hostel connected Wednesday, escalating the tension.

Police pacified the women and their parents. More than 200 women staying successful the hostel chose to instrumentality to their hometowns with their belongings. Additional superintendent of constabulary Shankar said they were checking the footage from the recovered camera. Ten constabulary teams, comprising policewomen, were checking each country to find if much hidden cameras were installed there, helium added.