Youth Congress Chief Charged After Harassment Allegation By Colleague
Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas BV became charged with “outraging a woman`s modesty, crook intimidation, and sexual harassment through making sexually colored remarks” through the Assam police on Friday. The price is primarily based totally on a grievance through the celebration’s former teens wing leader Angkita Dutta that she registered at Dispur Police station on Wednesday. She has additionally recorded her announcement earlier than a magistrate, this means that she can’t alternate her announcement now.
The ambit of fees filed towards Srinivas BV withinside the First Information Report (FIR) encompass outraging a woman’s modesty, sexual harassment through making sexually colored remarks, crook intimidation, assault, and wrongful restraint.
Additionally, the National Commission for Women additionally took suo moto consciousness of the case primarily based totally on Ms Dutta’s tweet and sought a probe through the Assam Police. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam Police, that is carrying out the inquiry, will ship a record to the commission. Notably, that is a separate probe from the FIR filed at Dispur Police station.
Angkita Dutta alleged that Mr Srinivas and every other IYC leader, Vardhan Yadav, had discriminated towards her primarily based totally on her gender and had used foul language to threaten her. Ms Dutta additionally claimed that she knowledgeable the celebration management approximately the difficulty however no movement became taken.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) discovered Ms Dutta’s allegations “baseless and politically motivated”, reassets stated. Furthermore, Assam Congress additionally issued a show-reason be aware to Ms Dutta yesterday, and requested her to provide an explanation for why disciplinary movement have to now no longer be taken towards her inside 24 hours.
She has given that spoke back to the attention and the respond will be shared with the AICC a good way to in the end decide the movement to be taken. Sources stated that Assam Congress will take robust disciplinary movement towards the allegation and could in all likelihood droop Ms Dutta from the celebration.
Mr Srinivas has denied the allegations and filed a defamation match towards Angkita Dutta for using “unparliamentary and defamatory” phrases towards him. He is presently campaigning for the Congress in Karnataka beforehand of the meeting elections subsequent month.a
