Matawan HS Grad Charged With Filming Women in Bathroom

HOUSTON, NJ - A man who graduated from Matawan High School but now lives in Houston was arrested in January and charged with setting up a hidden camera to record two female friends when they visited his home.

As a local news site in Houston reported, Rahul Venkatraman, 25, was arrested and charged with improper photography.

The two female victims, from New Jersey, said they stayed with Venkatraman at his apartment as part of their trip visiting Houston last June. It was while they were in the bathroom that the women said they found the hidden camera; it had been placed inside a bag with a hole cut in the side, and was aimed at the toilet and shower.

According to the report, the women removed the memory card, left Venkatraman's apartment and flew back home to New Jersey. Once back in New Jersey, they viewed the memory card and found multiple photos of each of them in the bathroom, with their intimate areas exposed.

The women then confronted Venkatraman on Facebook, and told investigators they have Facebook messages from him apologizing. The women turned over the memory card to police. The memory card included several digital videos of the women in a bathroom, police said.

His bond was set at $2,000. According to a search of high school athletic records, Venkatraman ran track and field for Matawan High School.