Student filmed inside IIT-Bombay hostel bathroom, canteen worker arrested
India Today
A 22-year-old canteen worker in IIT-Bombay was arrested by Powai Police for recording a female student when she was inside the bathroom. Police have registered a case and are conducting further investigations.
The Powai police station on Sunday night arrested a 22-year-old canteen worker of the Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay for allegedly recording a female student while she was inside the bathroom.
Other women students have said that the accused allegedly recorded videos of them too. Police are yet to ascertain the allegations.
This incident comes a day after the Chandigarh University protests, where a similar incident was reported. The Powai police have registered an FIR in the case under IPC section 354C (voyeurism).
A student raised an alarm after she noticed the employee peeping into the bathroom through window slits. However, the canteen was closed on Sunday for pest control work. The student who approached the police said that the recording took place when she was in the bathroom of Hostel 10.
The alertness of hotel residents led to the employee’s arrest. A statement by the institute said, “An attempt to violate the personal space of women residents of the hostel was done by an employee of the canteen by climbing a pipe duct. The accused has been arrested & an investigation is underway by Mumbai police. We ensure their safety & security.”
According to the police, a case has been registered and the accused has been arrested with ongoing questioning underway.
The in-house Insight magazine (students’ magazine) that highlighted the issue, stated in the blog, “The bathrooms in some wings have windows which overlook a platform-like area that is connected by pipes reaching to the ground floor. The perpetrator climbed the pipes to one such area that enabled him to gain access to the windows into the bathrooms.”
