Persona Hidden Cam Scandal Hits TV Amid Apparent Media Blackout, Dacca, Bangladesh

'Hidden cam in women's change room' scandal of makeover salon Persona, amid an apparent blackout of the country's mainstream media on the issue, has gone viral across the Bangladeshi internet users.



As the shocking story hit the cyberspace, Bangladeshis throughout the social networks were looking for formal stories in the mainstream media backing the incident.



Though it came through few mainstream news websites in the following hours, the commons finally had access to a broadcast coverage as newly opened TV station Maasranga aired a report on it.



Commotions around the famed makeover brand Persona began after one of its female customers, a physician, reported to police of hidden recording of her unclothing inside the change room Persona at its Banani outlet on Friday.


Persona clients
The incident came as an absolute shock to thousands of Persona's female customers, who frequently learn in the media of its glossy attachment with many of the country's showbiz and public issues.



Bewildered about why a security camera is needed in a room where female customers change, the woman approached the stationed Persona staffs and was not duly treated.



Then she called in her husband as well as police from Banani thana. A thorough scan through the Persona office found her ordeal substantial as hidden cameras in change rooms and their specific ongoing storages in a personal computer was discovered.



Though Mehedi, an officer from Banani thana, vowed before the TV camera to act on removing all Persona cameras found serving ill purposes, the salon authority was reportedly engaging in a dialogue with the enraged customer to resolve the issue and not letting it be lodged as an official police complaint.



Police could act only after an official complaint is lodged, the officer said.





Media Blackout



The shocking story, though virally swept in the Bangladeshi cyberspace mostly comprising Facebook and vernacular blogs, suffered from an apparent media blackout.



No TV stations except the mentioned was found reporting the stunner, neither was found the mainstream print media even within some fifty hour of the incident since it took place at Friday evening.


Kaniz Almas Khan
Kaniz Almas is often featured a 'woman icon' in the media for her being a successful women entrepreneur.



Credibility of the Bangladeshi mainstream media was found heavily questioned and eventually lambasted by hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi internet users, who still wait for answers why such a gruesome incident is not being addressed.



Persona throughout the last decade grew to be a popularly hailed makeover icon for the women, especially in the capital.



The salon, owned by acclaimed beautician Kaniz Almas Khan, is found to be heavily partnering with the country's mainstream media in bilateral entertainment and makeover issues.