I am amazed how
Dr Shubhagi Parker, dean of KEM hospital facing ordeals in her hospital complex
for last many months. Bindu’s incident was just over and another one took place
in the laboratory where 12 women employees charged the elder lab technician
Ashok for sexual harassment. The police filed case against the employee who was
working with hospital for last thirty three years.
The incident took
place about a month ago when his colleague women told the hospital authorities
about the behavior of Ashok, the senior lab technician. They all alleged that
he would abuse them verbally and took their pictures in his mobile phone. On
their complaint, the authorities immediately took steps against him and charged
him with sexual assaults. The strangest thing is that yesterday he has been
acquitted from all sexual harassment charges by the inquiry commission. He was
left innocent and the police withdrew the case. They found no proof against him
about sexual harassment and they could not even find any picture of women
captured in his mobile phone. After the enquiry commission freed him from all
charges, Shobha, his wife was too there and they both broke down seeing each
other in the court premises. Why not? They had the toughest time spent over a
month.
Shobha was happy
in her 18 year married life with Ashok with two sons ageing 13 & 15 year
old. He was loyal and hard working man who was also an idol for his own kids. Last
month suddenly she read news in newspapers about her husband who was charged
with sexual assaults. She broke down and could not even believe the news as her
husband had never discussed about this issue with her. As soon as it was
published, the neighbors started visiting her home and asked what actually
happened. She was receiving calls from her relatives and even being asked the
same questions. After the incident, she had also kept her cellphone switched
off. She trusted her husband and she
thought he could never do such things in life. He loved his job and respected
all. For a month they had hardly spoken to each other after the case was filed
until he was relieved. She ignored him but she felt that he was still an
innocent. Yesterday many things he revealed in the court premises. He told the
court that the all women who framed sexual harassment charges took revenge with
him. He further informed that women often come late in lab and he warned them
to inform their late coming habits to the management but he never did because
they were his colleagues. All those women came late and noted down wrong
timings in muster. Few of them also put attendance in muster on the previous
day when she remained absent for whole day. He was tired of their indiscipline
and he was about to make a complaint to the administrative department of the KEM
Hospital. He also told them that he would take snaps of them signing the
register with timings. Everything was revealed and it was confirmed even by all
12 women. Dr Shubhangi is happy now to see his senior employee relived. Even
she was not able to believe. But Shobha, who faced this strangest ordeal, is
yet not able to forgive her husband. And therefore the couple broke down after
the hearing.
It was happy
ending for Ashok but this is something which he could never ever forget in his
life. We all respect woman I believe but they must stay in a limit. A charge
like “Sexual harassment” is almost
similar to rape. If they will charge men with the same just to take revenge, it
will be the most shameful act by which they will lose their own credibility in
the society.
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