POLLACHI: A post graduate medical student has been arrested for planting a hidden camera in the toilet of a government hospital to capture the nude pictures of female doctors and nurses. The arrested is Venkatesh (33), native of Panamarathupatti village near Uthangarai in Krishnagiri. He is a final year MS ortho student of Government Medical College in Coimbatore and doing training in the government hospital in Pollachi. Trainee nursing students spotted a pen camera in the toilet. The incident happened in a hospital where many female doctors and nurses work.

The information was then reported to the hospital superintendent. An investigation was conducted and when the CCTV camera was examined to find out who had installed the hidden camera, it became clear that the PG student was behind the incident. With this, a complaint was filed with the police. When he was questioned, it was revealed that the camera had been installed in the toilet since November 16. He was produced in the court and remanded.

When his phone was examined, it was found that he had bought the camera online. He had worked in several hospitals earlier. The police are investigating whether a similar incident has occurred there.