Chandigarh video leak replayed in Kanpur; sanitation worker arrested
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Kanpur: In an unsettling replay of the Chandigarh incident, a sanitation worker was discovered secretly filming ladies in a private girls' hostel in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
The incident happened in a hostel where aspiring medical students were housed in the Tulsi Nagar neighbourhood.
The defendant allegedly recorded videos of women using the bathroom.
The girl students filed a police complaint following which the man was arrested.
As per the complaint, the hostel staffer made several obscene videos of the girls in the hostel.
On Thursday, one of the girls saw the staff secretly filming and snatched his phone. The girl reportedly saw there were several such videos and approached the nearest police station to register a complaint.
The hostel is owned by a police officer who is posted as Additional SP in one of the districts in Uttar Pradesh and students from different districts are living in the hostel and preparing for medical exams.
ACP Kalyanpur Dinesh Shukla said that a complaint has been received from the girls and a case has been registered. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
With inputs from IANS