(Inputs from NDTV)
New Delhi: The rape case against Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal has impelled a national outrage on sexual harassment and violence against women at the workplace.
It looks like this propel, is driving many other women to come out in public and discourse the matter of being violated, by superior men.
A 42-year-old, who worked with the media company the Dainik Bhaskar Group, says relentless sexual harassment by Harish Bhatia, the CEO of the group’s radio stations, forced her to quit her job in 2010.
Calming that the National Commission for Women (NCW) could not support her for long and thus her case has been lingering in the Delhi court ever since 2010.
She said, “It was very tough and it was really stressful. I would cry, just lock myself in the bathroom and cry. All I can say is I have gone through a big mental agony. It really shook my confidence completely.”
Adding to her agony she said that” I was told that a committee wont address the matter, but even the fact that Bhatia had signed the response sent to the NCW did not prompt an inquiry by women’s rights group.”
“No one wants to go to court. It’s time consuming and the delays really take a toll. But I was left with absolutely no option. The NCW says I didn’t wait for their process to complete, but I waited for two months and all I got was adjournments”, she added.
Two other women who used to work for the same company have said they quit their jobs at My FM after being similarly harassed by Bhatia and are listed as witnesses in her case.
On the other hand the Group argues that they were willing to inquire into the matter provided the woman is interested to cooperate and expresses her willingness for the same. According to their narrative the complainant says there was no internal system at the office or any committee as per the Supreme Court’s Vishakha guidelines to which the woman could take her complaint.
They said, “She said she felt betrayed by her own organization that, according to her, chose to support its CEO instead of standing by her.”
