Pramesh S Jain
A woman travelling on the Bengaluru Metro caught a male passenger allegedly recording her without her consent at the Whitefield-Kadugodi Metro station on Tuesday, leading to a confrontation during which the accused allegedly snatched his phone back and fled.
According to the woman,she confronted the man after noticing him recording her and took his phone.She sought the assistance of Metro security personnel and demanded that the recording be shown to her before the phone was handed over to security staff.
However,the accused allegedly pretended to show her the recording, snatched the phone back and ran away.
The woman later lodged a complaint with the Metro station authorities,seeking action against the man.She also uploaded a video of the incident on social media, urging the authorities to take legal action against him.
“I was wearing decent clothes,but this guy kept recording me and behaving inappropriately,”she said in the video.
The man is also seen apologising to her as she proceeds towards the Metro office to file a complaint.
The video shows male and female security guards present during the confrontation,with the woman repeatedly seeking their intervention.
Metro officials said a complaint had been received and that the staff on duty were looking into the incident to identify the man.
