Bizarre: CCTVs installed in men’s toilet in college, principal says ‘no invasion in privacy’

The college administration has strongly defended the move.

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Aligarh: In Uttar Pradesh, CCTV’s have been installed by Dharam Samaj Degree College administration in Aligarh to prevent cheating in the exam. On this bizarre incident, the college administration has strongly defended the move. The Principal of the college H Prakash said that there is no invasion in privacy & no need to protest over the installing of CCTV cameras in the men's toilet.

CCTV cameras installed in men’s toilets of Dharam Samaj Degree College in #Aligarh; principal Dr Hem Prakash says, 'CCTVs have been installed to reduce cheating. Students used to hide chits in their clothes. Their is no invasion in privacy & no need to protest' pic.twitter.com/HawqMXNz69

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“There were widespread reports that many students appearing in examinations hid chits in their pockets and undergarments which they would take out while visiting toilets,” college principal Hem Prakash Gupta told reporters. “Installation of such cameras would greatly help in curbing the use of such malpractices during examinations,” he said.