BENGALURU: A 22-year-old woman employee of a BPO firm had the shock of her life when she opened the phone gallery of her colleague with whom she had a relationship.

There were about 13,000 nude photos of various women, including hers and some other colleagues.A worried Tanvi (name changed) severed her friendship with him and alerted seniors in the office on November 20, seeking action to save her colleagues from trouble in future.Archana (name changed), legal head of the BPO located in Bellandur, filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime police station on November 23 against Adithya Santosh, 25.

It is said that Santosh and Tanvi were in a relationship for four months and the former had recorded their intimate moments.

She wanted to delete them, so without Santosh’s knowledge, she took his phone and opened the gallery.Tanvi suspected that some photos were morphed.Considering the safety of other women working in the company, the head of India Region instructed Archana to immediately file a complaint with police.A spokesperson of the company said: “It could have impacted several other women.

Though he hadn’t done any harm to other women in the office, his intention was not known to anyone.

If the photos were leaked it would have put them under trauma.

We wanted to tell police that it is a potential issue.”Santosh has been working with the company for the past five months as a customer service agent.

The company clarified that he had not used any devices of the firm to morph the photographs.Apolice officer said they had taken up a case against Santosh and arrested him from his office.“We need some more time to find out the reason why he was keeping so many photos.

A few of them are morphed and a few are real.

We are also verifying if he had blackmailed any woman using them.

His chat history and phone calls are also under verification,” the officer added.UP: Woman Nayab Tahsildar accuses colleague of attempt to rape and murder in Basti