A Magistrate of a City Court has issued summons to the chairman,
managing director and three directors of a Kolkata-based infrastructure
finance company on basis of the allegations of criminal defamation by a
former manager of the company, an America-born woman. The complainant
has alleged that the highest officials of the company had “sexually
harassed” her. The solicitors of the company, SREI Infrastructure
Finance Limited, has denied the complaints and claimed that the
woman-complainant and her senior had “work related friction.” The
officials of the company have been asked to appear before the
Metropolitan Magistrate, [20th] Court, on October 6.
The complainant, a 34-year-old Economics graduate, told The Hindu
that she expects to get justice as she is following the due processes
of law. “I have pleaded for help from the government officers in this
time of critical need; I must not give up hope, doing so equates to
succumbing to the violations inflicted upon me….I trust the judiciary of
this country and I know that the authorities will expedite and bring me
justice,” she said. She has obtained the copy of the “court documents”
for her “sexual harassment case” against the top management of the
company. She claimed to have “proof” against the top management to
establish that they are “absconding” and “avoiding facing charges.”
The woman had earlier approached SREI’s Internal Complaints Committee
(ICC) followed by the first information report at a city police station.
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