Kerala Cyber Police Register Case Over Leak of State-Run Theatre CCTV Footage

Overview

• Cyber Police registered a case on Friday after the KSFDC managing director filed a complaint about leaked surveillance videos from government-run cinemas.
• The clips, from the Kairali, Sree and Nila theatres in Thiruvananthapuram, first appeared on paid adult websites before spreading to Telegram and X.
• KSFDC confirmed the visuals were recorded on December 10, 2023 and said the material purportedly shows intimate scenes inside the auditoriums.
• Investigators are probing whether the CCTV network was hacked or whether footage was extracted from the storage and monitoring systems by someone with access.
• The case cites Sections 43 and 66 of the Information Technology Act and Section 120(o) of the Kerala Police Act, as KSFDC continues an internal probe after its logo in the clips helped identify the venues.