A day after Union Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani spotted a secret CCTV camera in a Fabindia trial room in Goa, another store of the popular ethnic lifestyle brand has incurred public outrage in Western Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district.
On Saturday, the Kolhapur police arrested Prakash Ispurle, a salesman working in a Fabindia outlet in the city allegedly for filming a young girl changing clothes in the store’s dressing room.
The incident, which took place on Tuesday, came to the notice of store authorities after the girl spotted a mobile camera flashing on the mirror of the trial room, following which the victim raised the issue.
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According to store authorities, the sole saleswoman among a staff of nine was on leave the day the incident took place. Soon after, a complaint was lodged at the Shahupuri police station. The store’s operations, however, continued to function normally with the police not sealing it.
The police have booked the accused under sections 354 C (voyeurism), 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 66E of the Information Technology Act.