Peeping Toms have a new weapon—mobile phone cameras. These have been used for voyeuristic purposes like filming women, in their private space, and then, at times for blackmail too. Those making these films threaten their victims with going public, unless they comply with favours or demands for money.

Three men, who are being probed for allegedly recording videos of women through windows and gaps in walls, have been slapped with the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.