CCTV cameras found installed near bathrooms of girls' hostel

A senior official, during a surprise inspection, today found CCTV cameras installed near bathrooms of a girls' hostel in the city area of Bharatpur district, prompting authorities to conduct an inquiry.
The cameras were installed in such a manner that activities inside the bathrooms can be captured easily by moving their direction, DM, Bharatpur, Neeraj K Pawan, told PTI.
It was not clear immediately whether any objectionable video was captured or misused.
Pawan said he received some complaints about the hostel, following which, he conducted a surprise visit of the 3-storey hostel building run by a young couple in the city area.

The building has one bathroom in each storey.
"Hostel owner Pankaj used to operate the CCTV cameras. He denied capturing any video of the bathroom and claimed that the device was used for the monitoring of corridors only," he said.
The local police, later, uninstalled the camera devices and started the thorough probe of the laptop of the hostel owner.