IIT Madras teacher plants mobile in women’s toilet [Representative image] | Photo Credit: IANS

Key Highlights The accused has been identified as Subham Bannerji, who is an Assistant Professor at the Aerospace Engineering Department, IIT-Madras A 30-year-old PhD student while using the washroom noticed a mobile phone kept near the window facing her The police have registered a case against the accused

Chennai: A shocking incident has come to light from IIT-Madras where an Assistant Professor has been held by the police for allegedly trying to illicitly film the women students on the campus by secretly planting his mobile phone inside the restroom meant for girls, on Wednesday evening. The faculty member has been identified as Subham Bannerji, an Assistant Professor at the Aerospace Engineering Department, according to the police sources.

The issue came to everyone’s notice when a 30-year-old PhD student went to the toilet. A mobile phone which was kept near the window facing her caught her attention. She picked up the mobile phone and noticed that its camera was on the recording mode.

According to the New Indian Express, she immediately rushed out and locked the neighbouring men’s restroom from outside. She approached the security guards for checking it. When the guards opened the door of the bathroom, Subham was found inside.

The police were informed about the illicit act of the accused professor and a case has been registered against him.

Last month a similar case came to light from Bengaluru, where a 30-year-old employee of a pub was allegedly caught filming a female customer in the restroom. The accused identified as Buddhikant Debnath, 30-year-old, hails from Odisha. The victim caught him red-handed when while using the restroom, she looked up and noticed a hand recording her using a mobile phone.

She and another woman in the washroom screamed after noticing that a pub employee was filming them in the washroom. The victim claimed that her complaint was ignored by the pub manager. She said that she confronted the accused and urged the management of the pub to share the CCTV footage of the errant staff fleeing from the restroom. The management refused to show the footage.

Later, the management of the pub said that they had handed over the accused to the police and have also terminated his employment with the pub.