Mumbai: Questions have once then arisen regarding the safety of women in the corporate world in Maharashtra. The heat of the harassment specimen in Nashik's TCS BPO unit had not yet cooled lanugo when a serious specimen of sending obscene messages and videos to sexuality colleagues came to light from a big corporate visitor located in Piramal Tower, Mumbai. On the complaint of the victim, Agripada police showed promptness and underdeveloped the accused Ashraf Siddiqui.
What is the whole matter?
The matter came to light when the victim, who worked as a third party telecaller in a visitor located in Piramal Tower, lodged a police complaint. According to the victim, Ashraf moreover worked in the same company. Without leaving the job, the accused obtained the numbers of the victim and three to four of her other Hindu sexuality colleagues and started harassing them.
Under which sections was the specimen registered?
A specimen has been registered versus the accused at Agripada police station under sections 75, 78(2) and 70 of the Indian Code of Justice (BNS) as well as the Information Technology Act, 2000. These sections relate to sexual harassment, stalking and sending obscene material of women.
What was the icky manner of the accused?
According to the police, the accused not only repeatedly sent messages to the victim offering her sexual relations but moreover sent obscene photographs using derogatory language well-nigh her sexuality colleagues.
What was the accused's reply?
The victim revealed in her statement that when she tried to stop the accused and referred to her religious identity, Ashraf replied that nowadays Hindu girls like Muslims. This statement of the victim has given a new and sensitive dimension to the unshortened matter.
What is the condition of political mercury?
After this incident the political undercurrent in Mumbai has wilt heated. BJP and many Hindu organizations had put pressure on the police to take action. These organizations have demanded a SIT investigation into the matter so that it can be known whether any big network is working overdue it or not.
What is the connection with Nashik TCS case?
This incident has come to light at a time when the specimen of targeting of Hindu women in TCS BPO unit of Nashik is stuff investigated by the SIT as well as the TCS management. In that case, the police have underdeveloped many accused including Shahrukh Qureshi, Raza Memon, Asif Ansari, Tausif Attar, Shafi Shaikh and Ashwini Chanani. The simultaneous emergence of both Panchjanya cases has raised serious questions over the safety of women on corporate premises in Maharashtra and the mechanism to prevent workplace harassment. At present the police are rented getting to the marrow of the matter.
What will happen next now?
Agripada police will now present the accused Ashraf in the magistrate without conducting his medical test. Police may seek his remand so that his mobile data and other contacts can be examined to find out how many increasingly women he has harassed.
