Hidden camera at women's toilet: M.Sc. student Santosh M arrested

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September 14, 2016

Mangaluru, Sep 1: More than three weeks after a hidden was found inside a women's toilet on Mangalore University campus, the police have managed to arrest the main accused in the case.

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The arrested has been identified as Santosh M (22), a second year student of M.Sc. in Marine Geology.

Mangaluru City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar on Wednesday told media persons that the accused has confessed to the crime.

He said that the accused had left the campus for nearly a week after a complaint was filed at the jurisdictional Konaje police station by Registrar K.M. Lokesh.

Mr. Sekhar said the accused returned to the campus thinking the police would take some time to get the forensics report in light of the trouble in Bengaluru over the Cauvery issue. “But we caught him off-guard as we went ahead with our investigation while waiting for the FSL report,” he said.

The accused has also admitted to purchasing the mobile phone and a power bank and installing them in the washroom. “It was nothing but an act of a perverted mind,” Mr. Sekhar said.

82 suspects quizzed

The top cop said that it was the particular dressing gait of the accused that came in handy in zeroing in on him, after quizzing 82 suspects during the course of investigation.

He was usually wearing the shirt with his vest visible (unbuttoning the first button in the top order). He also turned out to be the same masked man (in particular dressing style) who was actually captured on the same cell phone camera, while keeping the device in the toilet.”

Above all, it was the meticulous groundwork of a posse of policemen led by Shivaprasad K attached to jurisdictional Konaje police station that helped in cracking the case.?Apart from gathering the information, the team was also involved in accessing the closed circuit TV footages, matching the available details.

Mr Sekhar said, it was a second hand phone that had changed several hands before reaching the hands of the accused. He had bought the phone and power bank from different shops in a same commercial complex in the city just two weeks before the incident.

Though the camera was found on August 24, a case was registered in the Konaje police station only on September 1 after the news went viral on social media.

A girl student had noticed the hidden camera in the roof of the toilet on August 24. She immediately informed Bioscience Department faculty Dr Tharavathy N?C, who in turn brought the matter to the notice of Vice Chancellor Prof K?Byrappa. The VC asked Registrar Lokesh K?M to look into the matter.

Prof Lokesh had referred the matter to Sparsh,' a committee in the university that looks into issues related to girl students. The committee headed by Dr Musteri Begaum had reportedly submitted a report to the VC's office on August 28. However, the VC had been to Delhi to attend a meeting on August 28. By the time he returned on August 31, the news had spread.

As the camera phone was on' when it was noticed by the student, it is suspected that the person might have placed it there just a few hours ago. It is also said that the phone was concealed in a paper and was painted so that it is not easily noticed. There was no sim in the phone.

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Abu Muhammad
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Thursday, 15 Sep 2016

He is a Brahmin n ABVP sex pervert, may be supplying such clips to elderly cheddis. See notorious Coastal Kannada daily indirectly supporting Santosh in its news coverage. Cheddi nexus compromises their own sisters' and daughters' honour.

Satyameva Jayate
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Thursday, 15 Sep 2016

viren.....credible sources.......means ABVP pillas or Saffron Goonys....???

Satyameva Jayate
 - 
Thursday, 15 Sep 2016

Viren.....Ha Ha...
Good you dint say the guy is incharge of toilet sensus....kept the mobile to see how many girls enter the toilet each day.....ha ha....

Sameer
 - 
Thursday, 15 Sep 2016

Viren Kotian.....hahahaha you are really funny joker!!! You have proved it!!!

S Ahamed
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

He must have been misguided, at this level of higher education he must feel shame to do such a bad act...he admitted that himself placed phone....well Viren kotian seems to be still in coma though our police department spend lot of effort and time with forensic report he claims to hav info on real culprit.....uff please wake up Viren,

Rakesh
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

Viren koti father also involved in keeping cam ..please investigate again .. before commenting have some sense idiot

lijoe
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Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

i am new to Coastal digest, but i am surprised,at the comment by Mr. kotian. If this has any base please provide evidence to the police, the Law will take required action, we are at the service of people after all.

Haneef
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

Sadly this is what happen if they train only for catching cows and not trained to be a good human being with moral and cultural values.
May be he is a expert cow catcher.
# Viren Kotian, dont waste time going behind fake theories.. Better get a medical certificate which shows he is mental patient. WHich may help him to come out fast as they usually do in other cases.

abdul raheem
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Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

CD PLEASE DONT POST VIREN'S COMMENTS.I THINK HE IS NOT WELL.HE IS ......

Syed
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

CD must inform the contact details of Viren Kotian, Udupi to investigating agencies to find out the real culprit. CD will you do this?.

Satyameva jayate
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

Viren naren and ABVP will protest to release the culprit and return the phone...ha ha......also abvp pilla?

observer
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

Viren Kotian deadly desperate. I like it. Hahah

TRUE INDIAN
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

Viren proved that he is 10 Paisa Kammi

Abbu Beary
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

It seems Viren is unhappy about the arrest of a sadist. Why? The arrested is an ABVP activist???

Viren Kotian
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

I have got information from credible sources that a love jihadist stole mobile from a Hindu boy and placed it in toilet. Police must release this innocent boy and arrest the real culprit.

SHABEER AHAMMED
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

Let him try same in his own home. let see how he will feel..

Chakrapani
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

His name should be changed as 'Vighna Santosh'.

Fahmi
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

This incident has proved that moral education ins must for students even at post graduation level.

Jithendra
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Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

Shocking. But, he is misguided student. The society spoils innocent youths. University should morally educate students.

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