Karnataka Police held college student for secretly recording videos of women

Karnataka Police on Thursday arrested a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) student on charges of recording romantic videos with different young women mostly daughters of local political leaders and making them viral on social media.

The incident was reported from the Madikeri Rural police station in Kodagu district. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Savad, a BBA student at a reputed college in the Sampigehalli locality of Bengaluru.

Police stated that the accused has been involved in relationships with several young women and had recorded



private moments on his mobile phone. 

These videos were allegedly leaked and later went viral on social media, triggering public outrage.

Police added that many of the young women featured in the videos have been identified as daughters of local politicians.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the accused friends may have leaked the private videos. 

A complaint in this regard was lodged by Kodagu Development Committee president Prasanna Bhat, following which the police took up the investigation.