Mumbai: Employer booked as Dalit man claims caste discrimination at workplace

The police have registered a case against the owner of an event management company in Mumbai after one of its employees accused her of caste discrimination at workplace an official said on Friday reported news agency PTIThe 23yearold complainant told the police that the owner of the company located in Goregaon area passed a snide remark showing caste discrimination on April 14 the birth anniversary of Dalit icon Dr Babasaheb AmbedkarThe man received a WhatsApp message from his employer that day asking him whether he belonged to the SC Scheduled Castes community the official said citing the complaint reported PTIWhen the man replied in the affirmative the company owner said she didnt employ people from the backward community he saidIn the WhatsApp exchange the employer said main Jai Bhim wale ko job pe nahi rakhti I dont employ Dalits the complainant alleged reported PTIThe man who had joined the company as a marketing executive informed his parents about the experience and then approached the Goregaon police station with a complaint the official said reported PTIActing on the complaint a case was registered against the company owner under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989 and the Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 the official said reported PTIAs the man lives in the Vokola area the case was transferred to the Vakola police station for further investigation the official said reported PTIMeanwhile a purported screenshot of the WhatsApp exchange between the man and his employer went viral on social mediaIn another case a 47yearold man from Navi Mumbai was allegedly duped of Rs 46 lakh by fraudsters posing as officials from the Mumbai cyber police who threatened to register a case of money laundering and drugs against him police said on Friday reported PTIThe police on Thursday registered a case under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act against four persons an official said reported PTIAs per the complaint the accused allegedly posed as officials of the Mumbai cyber police and contacted the victim a resident of Nerul on WhatsApp claiming that they had received a complaint of money laundering and drugs against him he said reported PTIThe accused demanded money from the complainant to avoid a police case and he transferred Rs 46 lakh to different bank accounts between April 10 and 15 the official said reported PTINo arrests have been made so far and a probe has been initiated he saidWith inputs from PTI