KRISHNAGIRI: A woman and her boyfriend were arrested on Wednesday on charges of installing a hidden camera in a bathroom at a hostel for Tata Electronics Private Limited women employees in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, superintendent of police P Thangadurai said in a statement. The arrested have been identified as Neelukumari Gupta, 22, from Odisha, who is an employee of Tata Electronics Private Limited facility at Nagamangalam in the district and who stayed at the women’s hostel named Vidiyal Residency in Lalikkal area, and her boyfriend Santhosh, 25. The Udanapalli police arrested Santhosh from Bengaluru. The police said Neelukumari had installed the camera in the bathroom as instructed by Santhosh.Vidiyal Residency has 11 floors and eight blocks, providing accommodation for more than 6,000 women. Four women were staying in each room. The camera was installed on Sunday (Nov 2) in the bathroom of a room occupied by women from northern states, said additional superintendent of police Shankar. Neelukumari was one of the occupants of that room. Other women staying in the room discovered the camera on Tuesday and reported it to the hostel management. The discovery of the camera created tensions among the hostel inmates. On Tuesday evening, more than 2,000 women residing in the hostel staged a protest. Following this incident, Hosur additional collector Aakriti Sethi and SP Thangadurai arrived at the scene. More than 100 police personnel were deployed to facilitate discussions and ensure safety. Parents of many women employees gathered outside the hostel on Wednesday, escalating the tension. Police pacified the women and their parents. More than 200 women staying in the hostel chose to return to their hometowns with their belongings. Additional superintendent of police Shankar said they were checking the footage from the recovered camera. Ten police teams, comprising policewomen, were checking each room to determine if more hidden cameras were installed there, he added.
