A group of female students at a private engineering college in Telangana’s Medchal Malkajgiri district staged a protest on Thursday, accusing hostel staff of recording them in the bathroom, police said.
According to officials, the female students approached the Medchal police and lodged a complaint.
“Female students of CMR Engineering College in Medchal Malkajgiri have alleged that hostel staff recorded videos of them in the bathroom,” a senior police officer said.
He said that a case has been registered under relevant sections.”An investigation is underway to verify the allegations,” he said, adding that a thorough probe would be conducted and legal action would be taken against those found guilty.
Medchal-Malkajgiri, Telangana | Visuals from CMR Engineering College, where female students are protesting against hostel authorities alleging that hostel staff recorded videos of the women students in the hostel bathroom. A case has been registered in the matter. pic.twitter.com/ZDDjBIDXzJ
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The students have reportedly alleged that over 300 recordings of college students exist in the possession of some staff members in the CMR Engineering college.
“It is extremely horrible and a serious case of misconduct and assault on women and women’s dignity…It is indeed heartening that the Telangana Women’s Commission has already taken suo moto cognizance of it and has asked for a detailed inquiry including all the recordings. There is an FIR also that has been registered and an investigation has started. But whoever, whichever staff member is responsible for this shocking incident where women are not safe, where young girls studying and educating themselves are not safe in their living spaces within the campus and have to be subjected to such extreme intrusion of their privacy cannot be dealt with lightly”, BJP’s Telangana spokesperson Rachna Reddy told ANI.
(With inputs from ANI)
