Misbehaviour charge against Kalpakkam scientist

A woman employee of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam near Kancheepuram has lodged a police complaint against a senior scientific officer accusing him of misbehaviour, police said.

A woman employee of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam near Kancheepuram has lodged a police complaint against a senior scientific officer accusing him of misbehaviour, police said.

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Police said they were inquiring into the complaint and the officer was missing.

The woman, attached to the Plutonium processing unit of the centre, filed the complaint against the officer of the same unit had on January 7 charging him with inappropriate behaviour with her, they said.

Alleging inaction by police, employees of the unit staged a demonstration in front of the Kalpakkam police station on January 8 night and demanded the arrest of the officer.