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News India Live, Digital Desk: A very shocking and shameful incident has come to light from the BPO sector of the well-known corporate company TCS. A girl working here has made serious allegations of sexual harassment against her own colleague Asif. The victim alleges that the accused used to touch her inappropriately on the pretext of teaching her work and operating the keypad. The girl has now broken her silence and expressed her pain to the police and management, after which there has been a stir.
Dirty acts in the name of teaching work
The victim stated in her complaint that she had recently joined the company. Accused Asif was his senior or experienced colleague there. The victim alleges that whenever she asked him anything regarding work or learned typing on the keypad, Asif used to deliberately come close to her. The victim alleged that the accused used to try to touch her private parts on the pretext of explaining ‘keypad’. Initially the girl ignored it, but when this act started happening again and again, she realized that this was not a mistake but a well-planned conspiracy.
Received threat for protesting in office
The girl says that when she protested against Asif’s actions, an attempt was made to intimidate her. According to the victim, she was very scared and scared in the office environment. The courage of the accused had increased so much that he started molesting the public inside the office. Defeated, the girl decided to share her ordeal with social media and the police so that other girls can also beware of such ‘wolves’.
Questions on the internal environment of the company
Many questions are now being raised regarding women’s safety within such a big company. Despite having an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) in a reputed company like TCS, the occurrence of such an incident exposes security claims. The police have registered a case based on the complaint of the victim and the accused Asif is being interrogated. The company management has also assured to initiate an internal investigation in this matter.
Women’s Safety and Corporate Law
This incident has once again underlined the need for strict implementation of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (POSH Act). Legal experts say that if a colleague violates physical decorum in the name of teaching work, then it falls in the category of a serious crime. At present, the police is taking the investigation forward on the basis of CCTV footage and statements of other colleagues.
