Bengaluru:The Bengaluru police arrested a 27-year-old man on Friday for allegedly recording videos of women commuters on the Metro without their consent and sharing the footage on social media platforms, including Instagram and Telegram.The Instagram account had come under fire for allegedly posting photos and videos of women commuters on Namma Metro trains without their consent. It caused wide uproar on social media, with many reporting the account and urging Bengaluru police to track the person running it.The police identified the accused as Diganth, a resident of Thilgalarapalya in North Bengaluru, and said he originally hails from Holenarasipura in Hassan district. A commerce graduate, Diganth is employed in the accounts department of a private firm in Murugeshpalya, the police said.He has been booked under Section 67 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and under the IT Act for publishing and transmitting obscene material in electronic form.According to the police, Diganth used the Metro daily, travelling from Peenya to Indiranagar. During these commutes, he allegedly filmed unsuspecting women and later posted the clips online.
