Duo working with humanitarian body booked for harassing woman in Gurugram

The woman also alleged that the accused used to stalk her when she left the office in the evening, said Gurugram police.

The city police booked two officials of a humanitarian organisation for allegedly sexually harassing and stalking a co-worker, the said police. No arrest has been made so far.

Gurugram police booked two officials of a humanitarian organisation for allegedly sexually harassing and stalking a co-worker, the said police. No arrest has been made so far. (HT File Photo)

According to the police, a Gurugram resident deployed at the organisation’s Sector 15 office, had gone to the Regional Transport Office (RTO) at Mini Secretariat on Tuesday to deposit money, when a clerk from her department allegedly tried to touch her inappropriately. He passed obscene remarks to which she objected. Later, he approached her in the training hall and asked her to meet him in the office room near Civil Hospital.

In her complaint, she alleged that this was not the first time that she was sexually harassed. The clerk had, in May 2018, molested her and after she had complained to the secretary, he was asked to work from Pataudi.

“The woman complained to the senior, who asked her to ignore it and told her not to take the incident seriously as such incidents keep happening at workplace. He also passed lewd comments, following which the woman approached the deputy commissioner, who gave directions for a case to be registered,” said Shamsher Singh, assistant commissioner of police.

The woman also alleged that the accused used to stalk her when she left the office in the evening, said police.

The accused refuted the allegations and said this is a conspiracy against him. “I joined office last week and have never met the woman personally. Her office is three kilometres away from mine. Since I have joined, I have not spent much time in the office. These are false and baseless allegations against me. I have submitted all the relevant documents to the police and an investigation is underway,” he said.

A case under sections 354A, 354D, 509, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) were registered at the women’s police station (west).