B Tech student held at Jabalpur's IITDM for filming roommate in hostel bathroom
The incident came to light after a student of 4th year student complained to Indian Institute of Information Technology and Design Manufacturing (IIITDM) authorities about the suspected involvement of the junior student. Acting on the complaint, the hostel warden checked the mobile phones of all girl inmates, and found some objectionable videos recorded by the second-year student, officials said.
'A girl student of B. Tech second year IITDM has been detained after she was accused of filming her roommate in the bathroom of the institute's hostel,' Additional SP Suryakant Sharma told reporters.
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