'I get satisfaction from watching such videos': Bengaluru Infosys techie admits to filming two women in office washroom; 50 videos found on phone

BENGALURU: Swapnil Nagesh Mali, the 30-year-old senior associate consultant at Infosys who was arrested, and later released on bail, for secretly filming one of his female colleagues inside their office washroom, has confessed to the police that he had secretly recorded at least one more woman in the company restroom.During interrogation, Swapnil said he derived "satisfaction" from watching such videos and had more than 50 such downloaded clips on his phone.Swapnil, a BE from Ram Nagar in Maharashtra's Sangli district, is the son of a farmer. Police said his parents were shocked and deeply disturbed when informed about his arrest.

Caught In The ActAccording to the victim's complaint, around 11 am on June 30, she went to the washroom.

While using the toilet, she noticed a reflection on the cubicle door and saw someone attempting to pull something from the adjacent stall.She quickly stepped out and saw another woman exiting one of the other cubicles. To verify what exactly was the matter, she returned to the same stall that she had been to, climbed onto the commode and saw a man standing on the commode in the neighbouring cubicle and recording her. His trousers were off.

As soon as she confronted him, the accused began apologising repeatedly. The victim then ran out and alerted her colleagues about the intruder in the women's washroom. Swapnil, who was trying to flee, was cornered and caught by housekeeping staff.Video Was Backed-upAccording to the police, the victim and another female employee from the company's HR department checked Swapnil's phone, and found the victim's video clip in it.

They took a screenshot of the clip as evidence and deleted it from the accused's phone to make sure it wasn't shared.However, according to a senior police officer, the videos were still on the phone as those had not been deleted permanently. "Once we confirmed that the videos were still thereon his phone, a woman police sub-inspector was told to check those," the officer said."After informing her company HR, the victim returned home and informed her husband about the incident, who advised her to file a police complaint so that legal action could be initiated," police said.Subsequently, the victim lodged a police complaint on July 1.Follow Procedure: CourtWhen Electronics City police produced the accused in court, the magistrate noted that the sections invoked are punishable with less than seven years' imprisonment and directed police to follow proper arrest procedures and grant station bail.The magistrate also reminded the cops that even minor lapses could lead to the accused being acquitted.