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Govt to probe sex offence at All India Radio
The information and broadcasting ministry has said it would probe allegations of sexual harassment by newsreaders at one of the channels of the state-run All India Radio.
The information and broadcasting ministry has said it would probe allegations of sexual harassment by newsreaders at one of the channels of the state-run All India Radio.
Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari has ordered the setting up of a panel to probe the charges within three days, a statement from the ministry said. The sexual harassment charges were pressed by employees of FM Gold AIR, a news and entertainment FM radio station, through the AIR Broadcasting Professionals Association, a staffers’ body.
In India, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act makes sex offences in offices a punishable crime and a recent panel has recommended stricter punishment.
“The committee has been constituted in the light of a report appearing in certain sections of the press alleging sexual harassment at FM Gold AIR.
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