India, July 23 -- Women constables at Gorakhpur's 26th Battalion PAC Centre on Wednesday staged a protest over lack of privacy and poor water and electricity arrangements.

The group of women, who are fresh recruits and started their training a couple of days back, said they were forced to "bathe in the open", The Indian Express reported.

Some recruits also raised allegations regarding the presence of CCTV cameras in bathroom corridors, which they said breached their privacy, news agency PTI reported.

Contesting the claims of the constables, Commandant Ashok Kumar said, "It's not that they are bathing in the open. They are unwilling to bathe together, so I have decided to install partitions in the washrooms to ensure privacy."

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