Doctor secretly films colleague, demands Rs 25 lakh ransom; 3,000 videos seized
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Dr Kamal Nandha allegedly acted out of unrequited love for a female doctor, with investigators recovering over 3,000 videos, revealing a sustained pattern of covert surveillance and blackmail.
A doctor in Rajkot has been booked for allegedly installing a hidden camera inside a clinic and using recorded private footage to blackmail a colleague in a case of unrequitted love, police said. The accused, identified as Dr Kamal Nandha, is alleged to have acted out of one-sided love for a female doctor.
Authorities said more than 3,000 videos were recovered during the investigation, exposing a prolonged pattern of surveillance and extortion.
According to the complaint filed at the Rajkot Cyber Crime Police Station, the accused secretly installed a spy camera inside a bulb holder in a delivery room at a clinic located on Sadhu Vaswani Road.
The device recorded whenever the light was switched on, storing footage on a memory card.
Police said the accused would periodically replace the card to collect recordings, a practice believed to have continued since 2023.
Investigators said the footage included private moments of the complainant doctor and a female colleague.
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