Sexual harassment charge against senior DD official

A senior Doordarshan official has been served with a chargesheet after an inquiry committee looking in to a complaint against him has found that the action of the officer constituted "a prima facie case of sexual harassment."
Senior officials said there had been a complaint against the Additional Director General (ADG) rank officer by a junior colleague who had accused him of using abusive language and inappropriate behaviour. Following the allegations, the Doordarshan set up an inquiry committee to look into the allegations.
"The respondent was immediately transferred out of the position he occupied when the complaint was filed so that a fair probe may be conducted without the possibility of any kind of influence being brought into play," a senior official said.

"The respondent has also been served with a chargesheet in which he was asked to respond to the charges against him within 10 days although he had sought a month's time. His response has just been received and further action is being taken in this regard," he added.
Officials said that a copy of the inquiry report had also been sent to the Information and Broadcasting ministry which had asked Prasar Bharati to initiate necessary action at the earliest and inform the ministry.
In a letter to Prasar Bharati, the I&B ministry had said the "inquiry committee is of the view there exists a prima facie case of sexual harrasment" and sought that action should be taken as per the procedure laid in the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.