45 creepy Reels, 10k followers & 1 brave student: How Bengaluru Police tracked down Instagram voyeur targeting women

A 26-year-old man named Gurdeep Singh, a hotel management graduate, has been arrested by the Banashankari police in Bengaluru. He is accused of secretly filming women on the streets and posting the videos online without their permission.

Gurdeep, who is currently unemployed, lives with his brother in a rented house in KR Puram. Police started tracking him after they noticed an Instagram account posting videos of women in a disturbing way. The videos appeared voyeuristic, showing women walking in public, often edited in slow motion to attract more viewers.

On June 12, the police took up a suo-motu (on their own) case after the social media monitoring team flagged the account. Police Sub-Inspector Praveen Hosur filed the complaint under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Section 78 for stalking) and the IT Act. The police then tracked the man's IP address and arrested him on July 10.

Student Speaks Out on Instagram

The arrest came after a student from a private college raised an alarm on her Instagram account. She said, "There was a video of me shot on Church Street without my consent. I tried contacting the person behind the account but got no response. I received vulgar messages and people even found my personal account."

She added that many other women were also featured in similar videos from the same account, which had over 10,000 followers. She tagged the Bengaluru police and cyber crime officials, urging them to take action and get the account removed.

Account Had 45+ Videos

Police confirmed that by the time they registered the case, Gurdeep had uploaded around 45 videos, many of them edited in a way to draw more attention. The reels focused on women walking in public, edited in slow motion for views.

PSI Hosur said they were already monitoring such accounts as part of a larger effort to control online content that could disturb law and order.

A senior police officer told TOI that they are now working to get a court order to delete or deactivate the Instagram account. They have not revealed the username, fearing more people might view or share the videos.

The investigation is still going on.