Congress raises issue of Payal hospital leaked CCTV footage in Vidhan Sabha, Sanghavi responds
Updated: Feb 24th, 2025
The opposition Congress raised the issue of leaked CCTV footage of female patients at a private maternity hospital in the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha on Monday.
Stating that this matter is of public importance and seeking its urgent consideration, the GOP drew the attention of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, raising the notice of presentation under Section 166 of rules of procedure and conduct of business in the Houses.
Congress raised the issue of patient privacy, and noted that thousands of people have seen the videos uploaded on the internet.
Gujarat’s Minister of Home Harsh Sanghavi responded to the notice submitted by Congress Legislative Party leader Amit Chavda, MLAs Shailesh Parmar, Kirit Patel, and Tushar Chaudhary.
Sanghavi stated that in this matter, the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police has registered a case under Section-66 (E), 67 of the IT Act.
After analysing the CCTV and social media footage, it was found that the CCTV footage was from Payal Maternity Home in Rajkot, and that the creators of the YouTube and Telegram channels that uploaded this content were from outside Gujarat.
Two separate teams were immediately sent to Sangli in Latur district of Maharashtra and Bhins in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh as part of the probe, said Sanghavi.
According to the minister, two police teams covered a distance of 1300 km and arrested three suspects, including two from Maharashtra and one from Uttar Pradesh, in just 36 hours.
He noted that the accused hacked into CCTV cameras of hospitals and other public places in different states whose security passwords were weak or default, and used that for financial gains.
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