Bengaluru Man Secretly Filmed Women On Namma Metro, Built 7,000 Followers On 'Metro Chicks'; HC Enraged

Last Updated:April 29, 2026, 11:36 IST

BK Diganth's Instagram account had close to 6,000 followers — a community that had gathered specifically to watch and comment on women filmed without their consent on Metro trains.

A Bengaluru accountant secretly filmed women on Namma Metro trains, posted the videos on Instagram and Telegram under the handle ‘Metro Chicks’, and built an audience of nearly 7,000 people — many of whom openly commented on the physical appearance of women who had no idea they were being recorded.

On Monday, the Karnataka High Court had three words for him: not good enough. Justice M Nagaprasanna refused to drop the case, rebuked the accused from the bench, and sent him to face trial.

The man behind the handle is BK Diganth, an accountant who was arrested by Banashankari police last May.

According to Times of India, his Instagram account had close to 6,000 followers and his Telegram channel around 1,000 subscribers — a community that had gathered specifically to watch and comment on women filmed without their consent on Metro trains.

Diganth approached the Karnataka High Court hoping to get the criminal proceedings against him quashed. He failed on every count.

What Did The Court Say?

Justice M Nagaprasanna did not mince words. “What kind of man are you? You won’t leave women to be safe anywhere?" he asked, according to TOI. “You take pictures of women from behind and post them online? What nonsense is this?" The court made clear that secretly filming women and amplifying it on social media was a serious invasion of privacy — not content creation.

What Was Diganth’s Defence?

Diganth’s lawyers tried two arguments. First, that his content was no different from CCTV footage captured in public spaces. The court rejected this outright — CCTV exists for security, not to be posted online for strangers to comment on women’s bodies.

Second, his lawyers raised a technical objection that the investigating officer was also the complainant. The court dismissed this too. “Technicality cannot override such acts of yours," Justice Nagaprasanna said.

What Happens Now?

The court refused to quash the proceedings, meaning Diganth will face trial before the II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Bengaluru. He is charged under BNS Section 78(2) for stalking, Section 238(C) for providing false information, and Section 67 of the IT Act for publishing obscene material online.

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