Bengaluru man arrested for filming women without consent, triggered by viral Instagram complaint
Bengaluru: A man has been arrested for allegedly operating an Instagram account that posted videos and photographs of women without their knowledge or consent in Bengaluru’s Church Street area. The arrest was made after a woman’s Instagram post highlighted her experience with the account. After her post went viral police initiated the case suo motu.
26-years-old accused Gurdeep Singh, is an unemployed hotel management graduate and was arrested from his house located in the KR Puram area, where he lives with his brother.
Through an Instagram account Singh had been uploading video clips recorded in public spaces along Church Street which is a bustling and popular pedestrian zone in central Bengaluru. Many of the clips featured women walking by, appearing unaware they were being recorded. In several clips the camera discreetly followed the women, often under the pretext of capturing “street chaos.”
The matter garnered attention after a woman shared her concern and frustration through an Instagram post. She alleged that she was filmed without her knowledge and consent and she mentioned that getting the video removed through Instagram’s reporting tools had been unsuccessful.
“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. It happened to me. And I’m sure many others have no idea they’ve been filmed too. Just because my account is public doesn’t mean I consent to be filmed publicly. That is not how consent works,” she said.
She also reported receiving vulgar messages online after the video surfaced.
While the police officials informed that due to the platform’s internal policies, efforts to take down the Instagram account in question have become complicated, the authorities are now preparing to seek judicial intervention to compel Meta, Instagram's parent company, to remove the content and assist them in investigation.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
