Man arrested in Bengaluru for secretly filming women in public, posting videos online

A 26-year-old man, Gurudeep Singh, was arrested by Bengaluru Police after a woman exposed a disturbing social media trend where women were filmed without their consent in popular city locations and the videos were posted online.

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The issue came to light when a woman, who is a student in Bengaluru, discovered a video of herself on a social media page that claimed to showcase "street scenes" from areas like Church Street and Koramangala.

She said the video was shot without her knowledge and in a highly inappropriate manner. Despite reporting the clip and requesting its removal, there was no action taken.

Following the video’s circulation, she began receiving vulgar messages from strangers.

In a video she posted on Instagram to raise awareness, the woman stated, “This person walks around Church Street pretending to film the ‘chaos’, but in reality, all they do is follow women and record them without their consent”.

She called it a "serious breach of consent," stressing that being in a public place or having a public Instagram profile does not equate to permission to be filmed or shared online.

The account in question reportedly had over 10,000 followers and featured multiple videos of women who appeared either startled or completely unaware they were being filmed.

The woman also tagged the @blrcitypolice and @cybercrimecid accounts in her post after being unable to directly tag the page that had shared the video.