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Hyderabad Landlord Arrested After Hidden Camera Found in Tenant’s Bathroom

Police say Ashok Yadav is in judicial custody with investigators tracing the electrician named in the complaint.

Overview

  • The 23-year-old tenant discovered a miniature camera concealed in the bathroom’s bulb holder on October 13 after her husband noticed a loose screw.
  • She had reported a fused bathroom light on October 4, after which the landlord allegedly sent an electrician who entered the flat while the couple were at work.
  • The couple allege the landlord removed the bulb holder after they confronted him, returned it in a tampered state, and tried to dissuade them from filing a police complaint.
  • Madhura Nagar police registered a case under multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, including 77 for voyeurism and 79 for acts insulting a woman’s modesty.
  • Officers identified the arrested house owner as Ashok Yadav and said the electrician known as Chintu is absconding, with a search underway; a similar March incident at a Telangana girls’ hostel involved spy cameras hidden in phone chargers.