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US family shares video of being secretly filmed at Gurugram hotel
A family of American tourists accused a man of secretly filming them while they were sunbathing at a hotel in Gurugram. The incident, which the family documented in a video, has left social media users calling for swift Rory and Sage, who have been travelling the world with their parents, shared the video from their recent stay in India on Instagram. The clip showed the man standing at a hotel window, allegedly recording them as they lay sunbathing within the hotel the sisters looked visibly distressed in the footage, their mother could be heard addressing the situation on camera.
'Someone is filming us, and they are not being discreet,' one of the sisters says, before alerting her husband that they were being watched from a hotel room the caption of their post, the family didn't hold back from expressing their discomfort. 'If you're a female planning on coming to India, I wouldn't come without a bodyguard of a man. Whether you are sunbathing or fully clothed, we are finding this behaviour very common in India,' the caption the video here: advertisement View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rory And Sage World Class (@roryandsageofficial)Since being shared online, the video has clocked over 9 million views. The clip has raised serious concerns about women's safety and post also saw an outpouring of support and anger from users across the platform, with many urging the family to escalate the matter.'Please report it to the hotel, not just the staff, but senior management. If nothing happens, take it to the police. Foreigners pushing for action will also help locals be taken seriously,' a user user called the man's behaviour what many were thinking: 'Oh my goodness, how creepy!'A few users pointed out the legal route. 'You can submit this to the police. He'll be arrested. This is illegal,' one of the users said, while another added, 'I wish AI was strong enough to find that Indian uncle and send this video to his wife.'While the identity of the man remains unknown, the incident has once again triggered a much-needed conversation around women's safety, a conversation that refuses to be brushed aside.