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.
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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.
