Bengaluru news: A 23-year-old man working at a popular coffee chain in Bengaluru was arrested for hiding a mobile phone in a dustbin with video recording on in the women’s washroom.
The arrested has been identified as Manoj, an employee of Third Wave Coffee, located on BEL Road in Bengaluru. He is a resident of Bengaluru’s Guttahalli and a native of Shivamogga.
The incident came to light when a woman posted about it on Instagram on Saturday. The post read, “A woman found a phone in the washroom, hidden in the dustbin, with video recording on for about 2 hours, facing the toilet seat. It was on flight mode so that it makes no sound, and was carefully hidden in the dustbin bag which had a hole made in it so that only the camera is exposed. It was quickly found that the phone belongs to one of the men working there. The police was called and they arrived soon enough, and action is being taken. This was so horrific to witness.”
“I will be vigilant at any washroom I use from now on, no matter how well-known the chain of cafes or restaurants is. I request all of you to do the same. This is disgusting,” the post read.
In a statement, Third Wave Coffee said it regretted the “unfortunate” incident and that the management terminated the employee.
“We regret the unfortunate incident at our BEL Road outlet in Bengaluru and want to emphasise that such actions are absolutely unacceptable at Third Wave Coffee. We acted swiftly to address the situation by immediately terminating the person & ensuring the safety of our customers,” it tweeted on Saturday.
The Sadashivanagar police, which arrested Manoj, said that a case was registered under Section 77 (watching, capturing and disseminating private images of a woman without her consent) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act after receiving a complaint, Indian Express reported.
