Overview
- Women at Sandhya Theatre in Madiwala reported a device and a boy allegedly filming in the ladies’ washroom around 9:30 pm on January 4, prompting a Namma 112 alert.
- Patrol officers rescued the juvenile from a crowd that had confronted him, seized his mobile phone, and took him into custody; another person was detained for inquiry.
- Investigators are questioning the theatre’s management committee and conducting forensic checks of seized devices while working to trace additional suspects believed to be on the run.
- A complaint led to an FIR that names a staffer identified as Rajesh and another man, Kamal, with India Today reporting that Rajesh’s phone allegedly contained private videos and that he cited instructions from Kamal.
- Clips of the confrontation circulated on social media as the incident disrupted a packed re-release screening of the Telugu film Nuvvu Naaku Nachav.