GIFT City govt official accused of sexual harassment
Updated: Jun 1st, 2024
In Gujarat’s GIFT City near Gandhinagar, two women employees of Gujarat Maritime Cluster project have lodged complaints of sexual harassment by a senior government official.
A non-Gujarati senior official allegedly called the women to his office and made obscene gestures. He also sent obscene messages on WhatsApp and threatened to ruin their careers if they did not comply with his inappropriate demands.
State govt take cognizance
The state government has responded and formed a committee to investigate the matter. The committee will submit a report to the government.
The Gujarat Maritime Cluster project’s ‘Protection Against Sexual Harassment Committee’ was also asked to investigate the case, and it too found the allegations to be true.
When the committee had called the non-Gujarati officer for questioning, he admitted his mistake but later backtracked.
He claimed that the complaint filed by the woman was in Gujarati and that he did not understand Gujarati. He also claimed that his signature was taken on the office copy without his knowledge.
One of the two female complainants alleged that she was not given the project that was supposed to be given to her and the other employees were also harassed by the officer in question.
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