Dakshina Kannada. In a case of sexual harassment at workplace, victims have complained that they are being harassed for complaining against the District Leprosy Officer. Health department sources said on Tuesday that the victims have demanded the appointment of a senior woman officer.
The accused nodal officer was arrested and suspended on the basis of the report of a committee of the Health Department of Karnataka in November 2021 after the sexual harassment case came to light. Meanwhile, the accused approached the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) and got the suspension revoked.
Even the accused doctor is trying to withdraw posting in Dakshina Kannada district. At the same time, senior officials of the Health Department have not considered their move in view of the seriousness of the matter. According to sources, he has been transferred to Kundapur town.
At present an officer-in-charge has been appointed in his place and this officer is allegedly harassing the victims, who are also employees in the health department.
The accused doctor, working as a nodal officer for the leprosy eradication wing in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district, was arrested after a social worker lodged a complaint against him at the Mangaluru Women’s Police Station.
At that time, pictures and videos of the accused molesting female colleagues in the office had gone viral on social media. The female accomplices had alleged that if she did not cooperate with him, he used to harass them. He also said that he used to forcefully take her on tour and molest her and forced her to take photographs.
The accomplices of the victim had told the police that they would come forward to cooperate with the police during the investigation.
—AnyTV News
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