Hidden Camera Found In Hostel Bathroom In Tamil Nadu, Female Employee Of TATA Electronics Arrested

Krishnagiri: A female employee of TATA Electronics has been arrested for allegedly placing a hidden camera inside the washroom of the women's hostel of the company in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district, police said on Wednesday. This comes hours after a protest was held by the women workers of TATA Electronics.

23-year-old Neelu Kumari Gupta, a native of Odisha, was arrested by Udthanapalli police, and further investigations are on, a senior police official said. The incident came to light after a young woman found out a camera hidden in the bathroom on the hostel's eighth floor and told her friends. After this, they took the matter to the hostel warden. When the warden investigated, it was revealed that the accused, who was a resident here, had installed the camera in the bathroom.

Following this, over 2,000 women workers gathered in front of the hostel last night demanding that all bathrooms be searched for cameras and action taken against the accused. Hosur Sub Collector Akriti Sethi and District Superintendent of Police Thangadurai, who went to the hostel after getting information about the incident, held talks with the protestors and assured them action, but the protest continued throughout the night.

At around 4 AM, most workers returned to the hostel, but around 60 continued to protest, demanding that the warden be replaced. More than 50 police personnel were deployed at the premises during the protest.

Meanwhile, the Udthanapalli police registered a case and arrested Neelu in this connection. Police said investigations are underway. Krishnagiri district police team has rushed to Bengaluru to interrogate the accused's boyfriend Santosh, to find out whether she had sent the footage to him.

Amid ongoing investigations, Krishnagiri district police have appealed to people not to spread rumours on social media regarding this incident. TATA Electronics has a factory in the Thimjeb School area near Kelamangalam, adjacent to Hosur in Krishnagiri, that manufactures spare parts of cell phones. Over 30,000 male and female employees work in this factory. The company has its hostels in the Nagamangalam area near the factory to accommodate its workers. Over, 7,000 women employees of TATA Electronics stay in these hostels.

A spokesperson of TATA Electronics said that for TATA Electronics, the safety of the employees is their top priority. "At Tata Electronics, the safety, privacy, and well-being of our employees is our topmost priority. When we learnt of an incident involving one of our employees in our residential facility in Hosur, we took immediate action and reported the matter to the police. We are addressing this incident with utmost seriousness and care. We have policies in place to provide all the necessary support to our employees in our effort towards providing a safe and supportive workplace for all," the spokesperson of TATA Electronics said in a statement issued on Thursday.

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