Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities have handed an outsider over to police for secretly recording female students inside a women's washroom at the university's Teacher-Student Centre (TSC).

Inspector (Investigation) of Ashulia Police Station Md Azgar Ali on Tuesday noon said a case was filed against the accused – Riaz Ahmed Raj, a resident of Keraniganj – and he was sent to court.

According to witnesses, female students detained the accused around 2:15am on Tuesday inside the women's washroom at the TSC. The university later handed him over to police.

According to the complaint, Riaz entered the women's washroom, where a female student questioned his identity and asked why he was there. When students became suspicious of his behaviour, they wanted to check his mobile phone. He initially refused but later handed over the device after being confronted by the students.

The students claimed that they found videos secretly recorded through the gap beneath the washroom door on the phone. They also claimed that the phone contained similar videos recorded in the same washroom since January this year.

The students assaulted the accused before university security officials and the proctorial team intervened.

The university later submitted a written complaint to police, handed over the accused and seized his mobile phone as evidence.

JU Proctor Prof Dr AKM Rashidul Alam said, "We found videos on his mobile phone. Following due procedure, we handed him over to police. The university has filed a case in this regard," he said.