Binish Thomas (Sub-Editor)
T
he Jayadeva hospital management terminated the service of a 21-year-old ward helper who was caught red handed recording videos of his female colleague while she was using washroom on October 31 .
The accused Yellalinga native of Kalburgi was on contract from an agency for the last five months and assigned to wheel the patients to the wards and help the staff .
The incident came to light when 35-year-old woman working as helper went to the washroom at the basement and found a mobile phone was kept on the wall on the washroom facing her .
On suspicion she picked up the phone and found that it was on recording mode and she found it was recorded her video.
She raised alarm and found Yallalinga came to her and asking her to return the mobile .
Enraged victim raised the complaint with the management before filing a complaint with the police.
The police rushed to the hospital and arrested Yallalinga charging him under section 77 ( act of watching or capturing images of a woman during private acts).
He was produced before the court and released on bail later,a senior officer said .
Probe revealed that it was a first attempt of the accused to capture the act.He tried to escape stating that he had used the women’s washroom our of urgency and left the mobile in a hurry,but it was just an excuse he added.
