08-20-2008, 04:18 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>RAW official attempts suicide at PMO over sexual harassment by Joint Secy </b>
Pioneer.com
Karn Pratap Singh | New Delhi
A 46-year-old Class I lady officer of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) attempted suicide by consuming rat poison at the reception of the highly secured Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Tuesday. According to the victim, she took this step to draw attention of the Prime Minister regarding alleged sexual harassment on her by her Joint Secretary.
Police officials said that the victim, identified as Nisha Priya Bhatia, a Cabinet Secretariat Director, consumed poison at the reception of the PMO around 1.15 pm. The victim started vomiting on which the authorities of the PMO office informed the police. A PCR van took her to RML Hospital, where doctors treated her for hours, brought out poison and finally declared her out of danger. The doctors at the hospital said that the woman was brought in an uconscious condition around 1.45 pm.
"The woman was brought around 1.45 pm by a PCR van alleging that she had consumed poison. We examined her and took out the poison from her stomach. Luckily, she was brought on time that's why we managed to save her. Now she is conscious and out of danger," said Dr SK Sharma, Casualty In-charge of RML.
In the meantime, several media people gathered outside the emergency ward of RML Hospital. The security guards present on the entrance gate were not allowing the media to meet the victim. The senior police officials were also not disclosing anything about the matter. "We are investigating into the matter. We are not in a position to comment on this at this moment," said DCP, New Delhi range Anand Mohan.
<b>The victim said that she was extremely disturbed by the fact that the work environment in her office had deteriorated so much for lady officers that her Joint Secretary could openly invite her to prostitution. She said that sexual harassment within the department seemed to have crossed all limits when the Joint Secretary allegedly offered her money to spend a night with him at a hotel. She also had placed her resignation letter to the concerned authorities last year but was not accepted.</b>
<b>On the other hand, the Cabinet Secretariat provided a fact sheet stating that Nisha Priya Bhatia was in a 'disturbed state of mind'. According to the fact sheet, the lady officer had lodged a complaint last year alleging sexual harassment by her Joint Secretary. On the basis of this complaint, the Complaint Committee enquired the matter. The lady officer, however, withdrew her complaint. She was given several opportunities to present her case, but she refused to cooperate with the committee.</b>
The fact sheet also revealed that a number of complaints have been received from different officers of the organisation against Nisha Bhatia regarding misbehaviour, use of abusive words and sending objectionable and offensive SMS. A medical officer of the AIIMS advised her to go for medical counselling as she was behaving like an abnormal patient. However, the actual fact could be revealed after the investigation of the matter. Police have assured to investigate the matter properly
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Ofcourse, one babu will do excellent coverup for other babu.
Why they had not named Joint Sectary name?
Pioneer.com
Karn Pratap Singh | New Delhi
A 46-year-old Class I lady officer of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) attempted suicide by consuming rat poison at the reception of the highly secured Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Tuesday. According to the victim, she took this step to draw attention of the Prime Minister regarding alleged sexual harassment on her by her Joint Secretary.
Police officials said that the victim, identified as Nisha Priya Bhatia, a Cabinet Secretariat Director, consumed poison at the reception of the PMO around 1.15 pm. The victim started vomiting on which the authorities of the PMO office informed the police. A PCR van took her to RML Hospital, where doctors treated her for hours, brought out poison and finally declared her out of danger. The doctors at the hospital said that the woman was brought in an uconscious condition around 1.45 pm.
"The woman was brought around 1.45 pm by a PCR van alleging that she had consumed poison. We examined her and took out the poison from her stomach. Luckily, she was brought on time that's why we managed to save her. Now she is conscious and out of danger," said Dr SK Sharma, Casualty In-charge of RML.
In the meantime, several media people gathered outside the emergency ward of RML Hospital. The security guards present on the entrance gate were not allowing the media to meet the victim. The senior police officials were also not disclosing anything about the matter. "We are investigating into the matter. We are not in a position to comment on this at this moment," said DCP, New Delhi range Anand Mohan.
<b>The victim said that she was extremely disturbed by the fact that the work environment in her office had deteriorated so much for lady officers that her Joint Secretary could openly invite her to prostitution. She said that sexual harassment within the department seemed to have crossed all limits when the Joint Secretary allegedly offered her money to spend a night with him at a hotel. She also had placed her resignation letter to the concerned authorities last year but was not accepted.</b>
<b>On the other hand, the Cabinet Secretariat provided a fact sheet stating that Nisha Priya Bhatia was in a 'disturbed state of mind'. According to the fact sheet, the lady officer had lodged a complaint last year alleging sexual harassment by her Joint Secretary. On the basis of this complaint, the Complaint Committee enquired the matter. The lady officer, however, withdrew her complaint. She was given several opportunities to present her case, but she refused to cooperate with the committee.</b>
The fact sheet also revealed that a number of complaints have been received from different officers of the organisation against Nisha Bhatia regarding misbehaviour, use of abusive words and sending objectionable and offensive SMS. A medical officer of the AIIMS advised her to go for medical counselling as she was behaving like an abnormal patient. However, the actual fact could be revealed after the investigation of the matter. Police have assured to investigate the matter properly
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Ofcourse, one babu will do excellent coverup for other babu.
Why they had not named Joint Sectary name?