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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Former union minister and Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said that if at all there is a political future for Sachin Pilot it is in the Congress party.

While speaking to news agency, Moily said Sachin Pilot achieved everything by being in Congress party.

"Sachin Pilot became MP, union minister in UPA-II, PCC president in Rajasthan and Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Whatever grievances you have, it needs to be resolved within the forum of the party. There is no hurry for Sachin Pilot. If at all there is a future for him it is in the Congress party. He has to realise that. He says he won't join BJP, it is good," Moily said.

The former Union Minister Moily further said that Pilot could not become Chief Minister as in Congress, the high command sends an observer and opinion of MLAs is ascertained, be it in Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan.

"The leader who enjoys the support of elected MLAs is made Chief Minister," Moily said.
On July 14, Congress party had sacked Sachin Pilot from the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan and also from PCC president.

The Rajasthan Congress is in turmoil over the past few days. State Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has blamed the BJP for attempting to destabilise the state government by poaching MLAs. The Congress government in the state is facing a political crisis after simmering differences between Pilot and Ashok Gehlot came out in the open.

A controversy broke out in Rajasthan after Special Operation Group (SOG) sent a notice to Pilot to record his statement in the case registered by SOG in the alleged poaching of Congress MLAs in the state.

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April 11,2020

Dubai, Apr 11: An Indian expat in the UAE is facing police action for allegedly insulting Islam on social media in response to a Facebook post on the coronavirus, according to a media report.

Rakesh B Kitturmath, who worked as a team leader at Emrill Services, an integrated facilities management (FM) headquartered in Dubai, was sacked on Thursday after his post sparked outrage on social media, the Gulf News reported.

“Kitturmath’s employment stands terminated with immediate effect. He will be handed over to Dubai Police. We have a zero-tolerance policy towards such hate crimes,” said Stuart Harrison, CEO of Emrill Services.

"As an organisation, we have worked hard over the years to embrace diversity and create a culture of inclusion, where every nationality, religion and background is welcomed and celebrated. We have a strict social media policy for our employees to ensure they respect our values, both inside and outside of work," the newspaper quoted Harrison as saying.

Harrison said they are trying to find out if Kitturmath was still in the UAE, according to the report.

“We have over 8,500 employees so this may take a while. That said, we have fired him. If he’s still in the country, he will be handed over to Dubai Police,” he said.

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Originally from Ranebennuri, Karnataka, Kitturmath joins an ever-growing list of Indian ex-pats who have landed in trouble for alleged Islamophobic messages in recent days.

Earlier this week, Abu Dhabi resident Mitesh Udeshi was sacked for posting a cartoon mocking Islam on his Facebook page while a police complaint was filed against Sameer Bhandari of Future Vision Events & Weddings’ in Dubai after he asked a Muslim job seeker from India to go back to Pakistan.

The UAE outlaws all religious or racial discrimination under a legislation passed in 2015.

The anti-discrimination/anti-hatred law prohibits all acts “that stoke religious hatred and/or which insult religion through any form of expression, be it speech or the written word, books, pamphlets or via online media.”

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February 5,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 5: The Karnataka government on Tuesday launched the Janasevaka scheme in a few municipal corporation wards to ensure home delivery of various services like ration cards, senior citizen identity and health cards.

The scheme, which was launched by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, will pertain to 53 services involving 11 departments.

"Janasevaka under the Sakala scheme is a programme to avail the benefits of government schemes at the doorstep. Our objective is to make the lives of the citizens of Karnataka easy by launching this scheme," the Chief Minister said. Sakala aims to ensure in-time delivery of government services to citizens by practising innovative and efficient management systems through capacity building in government and empowering citizens to exercise their right to service.

Minister for Sakala and Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar said: "The scheme that was implemented in Dasarahalli area on a pilot basis will now be extended to Mahadevapura, Bommanahalli and Rajajinagar areas."

He added that it will benefit the senior citizens of the city.

If the scheme works well, it will be implemented across Bengaluru in all the 27 assembly segments, Kumar said, adding that based on the experiment in Bengaluru, it will be extended to Mysuru, Mangaluru and Hubballi-Dharwad.

Under the scheme, there will be one volunteer in each ward. These volunteers have been outsourced. A toll-free helpline has been set up for this scheme which will work from 8 am to 8 pm.

A sum of Rs 115 will be charged to provide the home delivery services.

In addition to it, the Karnataka government has also decided to seek information under the RTI Act easy by making it online.

People can apply from home by paying the fee online. This will make the process hassle-free, the Chief Minister said.

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