India, Oct. 29 -- The student community at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has raised serious concerns over campus security in the wake of an alumnus being booked for filming videos outside the boys' hostel. The Amberdkar Periyar Phule Study Circle (APPSC) and IIT-B for Bharat, two of the most active students' organisations on campus, have both issued statements over the past week, seeking protection of students' data and privacy and strict action against the accused alumnus unauthorised intruders.

The alumnus, who had completed his MTech from IIT-B, was found filming videos outside the boys' hostel on October 12 and handed over by the institute security to the Powai police the same day. He was booked under section 66 ...