Nine held for installing CCTV camera near women’s changing room

April 28, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 07:48 am IST - Kolkata:

Nine employees, including manager of Aquatica, a water sports park, have been arrested by the South 24 Parganas police after allegations that CCTV cameras were installed near women’s changing room in the amusement park, the police said on Monday.

“We had arrested two persons including the manager on Sunday. They were produced in court and remanded to four days’ police custody. We arrested another employee and six bouncers on Monday,” South 24 Parganas Additional Superintendent of Police Abhijit Sinha told The Hindu .

Mr Sinha said that the police have seized CCTV cameras from the amusement park.

“Investigations are on and forensic experts will visit the amusement park on Tuesday,” Mr Sinha said.

While the employees have been arrested in connection with illegally installing CCTV cameras, the bouncers were arrested for misbehaving with the people, particularly women. A scuffle started between people and the amusement park authorities on Sunday after a group of women noticed CCTV cameras installed in the women’s changing room.

Aquatica CEO Manshu Tandon defended the staff and said that the CCTV cameras were installed for “protection” of women and it was not installed in the women’s changing room.

Locals and visitors said that despite CCTV cameras installed, it was not mentioned anywhere that people were under CCTV surveillance.

The incident comes weeks after Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani spotted a CCTV camera inside a changing room of a FabIndia store in Goa.

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