A man was arrested while he was allegedly filming a woman using the washroom of ILD Trade Centre Mall located on Sohna Road, Sector-47 Gurugram, the police said. The accused has been identified as Akash Chaurasia.
The woman stated in her police complaint, the incident took place on Wednesday around 6.50 pm when she was using the 2nd-floor ladies’ washroom. “Akash entered into 2nd-floor ladies’ washroom and took my video while I was using the washroom. By the time I realised that he is inside the ladies’ washroom taking video, I started shouting at him. I immediately came out but then he ran away,” the woman told the police.
The victim said she remembers Akash’s face as before this incident happened she was talking to her husband on phone outside the ladies’ washroom for about 10 to 15 minutes and this man was standing there scrolling his mobile.” “In the past three days, the same man has repeatedly committed the same act with three women inside the mall. He was overpowered by the mall security on Thursday where I identified him,” the woman said.
The victim demanded strict action against the accused, who was filming abrupt videos of ladies while they are using washrooms and can misuse those videos,” she added. “The accused has been arrested and booked under 354C (voyeurism) of the Indian Penal Code and IT Act, 2000 at Sadar police station and investigation into the matter are on,” Station House Officer of Sadar police station said.