Mumbai: ‘Since FIR, top brass of firm harassing me’

A 38yearold woman who had accused her former employer of wrongful termination approached the Dadar police again against 22 top executives of a Prabhadeviheadquartered company for harassing her onlineFollowing her termination over alleged sexual misconduct she had filed a complaint last year alleging conspiracy to sack her The Dadar police filed an FIR under IPC Section 509 word gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman against eight employees in MaySince then the woman alleged executives of the leading broking firm have been stalking her online and harassing her by making fake social media profiles in her name The Dadar police recorded her statement after turning her away for months she alleged adding that they acted only after the DCPrsquos intervention However they have not filed an FIR yetAlso Read Mumbai MNS leader threatens excise officer arrested in VasaiSources told midday that the Dadar police had ldquodissuaded her from registering a complaint by suggesting she approaches court saying that there is no offence to file an FIR and asking her to get witnessesrdquo According to her statement a copy of which is with midday the case amounts to cyber crime stalking defamation invasion of privacy criminal conspiracy and threatGoes to DCPThe woman who was the assistant vicepresident digital marketing broking amp distribution at the firm finally approached Deputy Commissioner of Police Manoj Patil for help Her visit was on February 20 this year ldquoIn the past 11 months she met DCP Patil five times He finally asked the Dadar cops to record her statement and assigned Divisional Assistant Commissioner of Police Avinash Kanade as a witness to her statementrdquo a source saidldquoIt took two days April 7 and 10 to record her 23page statement However the FIR is yet to be registered The DCP has asked Kanade to personally look into her statement within a week and file an FIR if her allegations amount to even a single cognisable offencerdquo the source added Another source said that the complainant has presented evidence to support her claimsThe alleged harassmentldquoSince last year the top broking house and its top board of directors have been sending her emails friend requests on Facebook making fake profile of her and using her photo on social media to reveal her identity which ideally should not have been done as she is a victim of sexual misconductrdquo an officer from the Dadar police station saidldquoAmong those the woman has named are chief human resource and executive director associate director senior group vicepresident senior manager assistant manager customer associate managing director and chief executive officer chief financial officer company secretary and compliance officer three lawyers of the company human resource vice presidents customer associatesrdquo the officer addedSpeaking to midday DCP Patil confirmed the developments and said ldquoI have asked the ACP to reverify the claims of the woman We will take the call once the reverification is donerdquolsquoSack erring copsrsquoMeanwhile Abha Singh a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court told midday that the police are deliberately stalling to safeguard the accused because they are associated with a big firm ldquoWhy does a complainant have to approach the DCP for filing of complaint This means that the company has asked the local police not to entertain the woman Cops who told her that an FIR cannot be filed must be sacked for turning her awayrdquo Singh said ldquoThe senior officers in Mumbai police must hand over the complaint to a special cell to initiate legal action against the top executives of the companyrdquo she added22No of executives she has named in her statement