BANGLADESH

Despite widespread controversy, Persona beauty parlour authorities maintain they will not remove the close-circuit TV cameras from their rooms.

Managing director Kaniz Almas Khan told  on Saturday the cameras were there for security reasons and she did not think they were violating anyone's privacy.

The husband of the doctor who complained about the cameras on Friday said they will not file any cases.

A doctor who went to the parlour's Banani Road 11 branch on Friday for a spa found a CCTV in her dressing room after she used it.

The lady made a verbal complaint with police and the media for filming her.

While the 'exclusive suite' the doctor had visited had no cameras on Saturday, several other cameras were found in the other rooms.

Persona assistant manager 'Farhana' said the cameras had been placed there since an incident of theft at the branch.

The doctor's husband told bdnews24.com: "To file a case we'll have to go to court and show images of my wife. We're not filing a case for the sake of honour. But I'll advice everyone to remain cautious."

He said the recording that had been recovered contained images of his wife changing and having a spa and he had erased them immediately.

Kaniz Almas, however, denied that there could be such images in the video.

"The CCTV only covers the room's door. There is no scope of filming anything offensive," she said.

"Why would we make explicit videos? The cameras are there for security and supervision of workers. And they are not hidden," she said.

Gulshan Police Station sub-inspector Mehedi Masud told  they did not find the camera in the room on Friday evening. "But from where it was placed, it could cover the whole room," he asserted.

Police have seized the camera and the computer hard disk.

SI Masud said police have urged the victim and her husband to file a written complaint.