Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Mumbai: Sexually harassed airport staffer lodges FIR against senior

Despite a case being registered against the senior security manager of the MIAL-GVK at the international airport by his junior on June 18, officials from Sahar police station are yet to arrest Lalsingh Bhandari (38). In her complaint, the 32-year-old woman accused Bhandari of subjecting her to mental and sexual harassment for the last one year.
Speaking to mid-day the complainant said, “It started a year ago, after I committed a small error while on duty. He summoned me to his cabin, claiming he wanted to talk about it. However, he started leching at me the moment I entered and even tried to touch me. Though it went on for a while, I ignored his behaviour thinking that it would end soon. But one day he crossed his limits.
Since my ex-husband used to work for the same company in the night shift, he (Bhandari) asked me how do I spend my nights in his absence.” The woman also accused Bhandari of insulting her following a miscarriage.
The day I resumed work after suffering a miscarriage, Bhandari summoned me to his cabin. Instead of offering his sympathies, he said that a woman like me wasn’t fit to bear a Punjabi child because they are naturally healthy.”
“One day, he called me to his cabin and asked ‘now how will you take care of your sex life?’ His remark shook me to the core. If this wasn’t enough, a few days later he groped me in his cabin while we were discussing my appraisal. When I got up from my seat to leave the cabin, he forced me back on the chair.
30/06/15 Saurabh Vaktania/Mid Day
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