 "Top RBS executive booked for sexual harassment")
A top official working for the offshore unit of The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in the country has been booked on the charge of sexual harassment, following a complaint from a female colleague, police said on Monday.
The accused, a top executive of RBS Plc's offshore unit in India which employs over 12,000 people, allegedly sent obscene videos and messages at odd hours to the complainant, a senior police official said.
A case under sections 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code and The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, and relevant sections of IT Act was registered on February 19 at the Bandra-Kurla Complex police station, police said.
According to the police, the accused had been harassing the complainant for the past one-and-half years by sending inappropriate text and WhatsApp messages with sexual overtones.
No arrest has been made so far and investigations are underway, police said.
When contacted, a RBS spokesperson said the company has a "well established mechanism in line with the legislation on Anti Sexual Harassment to provide redressal," but declined to comment further, citing the need to maintain confidentiality.
The accused, a top executive of RBS Plc's offshore unit in India which employs over 12,000 people, allegedly sent obscene videos and messages at odd hours to the complainant, a senior police official said.
A case under sections 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code and The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, and relevant sections of IT Act was registered on February 19 at the Bandra-Kurla Complex police station, police said.
According to the police, the accused had been harassing the complainant for the past one-and-half years by sending inappropriate text and WhatsApp messages with sexual overtones.
No arrest has been made so far and investigations are underway, police said.
When contacted, a RBS spokesperson said the company has a "well established mechanism in line with the legislation on Anti Sexual Harassment to provide redressal," but declined to comment further, citing the need to maintain confidentiality.
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