<p>A 43-year-old mechanical engineer was caught red-handed taking creepshots of female customers at a hotel in eastern Bengaluru on the weekend, the police said. </p>.<p>A creepshot refers to a photo or video taken by a man of a woman in public without her consent. Creepshots typically focus on a woman’s legs, backside or cleavage. </p>.<p>Nanda Narasimha, who works for an automobile MNC in CV Raman Nagar, appears to have been doing the job rather professionally. He had mounted his mobile phone on a tripod. </p>.<p>He went to the hotel located on Indiranagar 100 Feet Road on October 19 and focused his attention on a woman wearing a skirt and sitting on a table. But his actions drew attention in no time. Members of the hotel staff caught him before long. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Objectionable photos</strong></p>.<p>They reported the matter to the police control room. Ramesh, an assistant sub-inspector from the Indiranagar police station, and other officers rushed to the hotel and confiscated Narasimha’s phone. </p>.<p>To the police’s shock, the phone gallery had objectionable photos and videos of many women, some from the hotel but most from other places. Narasimha isn’t a first-time offender, according to a senior police officer.</p>.<p>Narasimha had been clandestinely taking women’s photos and videos for the past three years mainly for “personal use”, the officer added. </p>.<p>Narasimha is married with a daughter and lives in Poorna Prajna Layout, Uttarahalli, the officer said.</p>.<p>The Indiranagar police have booked Narasimha under various sections of the Information Technology Act and under IPC sections pertaining to stalking and outraging the modesty of women.</p>.<p>A magistrate remanded him in judicial custody. Further investigations underway.</p>
<p>A 43-year-old mechanical engineer was caught red-handed taking creepshots of female customers at a hotel in eastern Bengaluru on the weekend, the police said. </p>.<p>A creepshot refers to a photo or video taken by a man of a woman in public without her consent. Creepshots typically focus on a woman’s legs, backside or cleavage. </p>.<p>Nanda Narasimha, who works for an automobile MNC in CV Raman Nagar, appears to have been doing the job rather professionally. He had mounted his mobile phone on a tripod. </p>.<p>He went to the hotel located on Indiranagar 100 Feet Road on October 19 and focused his attention on a woman wearing a skirt and sitting on a table. But his actions drew attention in no time. Members of the hotel staff caught him before long. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Objectionable photos</strong></p>.<p>They reported the matter to the police control room. Ramesh, an assistant sub-inspector from the Indiranagar police station, and other officers rushed to the hotel and confiscated Narasimha’s phone. </p>.<p>To the police’s shock, the phone gallery had objectionable photos and videos of many women, some from the hotel but most from other places. Narasimha isn’t a first-time offender, according to a senior police officer.</p>.<p>Narasimha had been clandestinely taking women’s photos and videos for the past three years mainly for “personal use”, the officer added. </p>.<p>Narasimha is married with a daughter and lives in Poorna Prajna Layout, Uttarahalli, the officer said.</p>.<p>The Indiranagar police have booked Narasimha under various sections of the Information Technology Act and under IPC sections pertaining to stalking and outraging the modesty of women.</p>.<p>A magistrate remanded him in judicial custody. Further investigations underway.</p>