West Bengal governor threatening his staff not to speak up in sexual harassment probe: Complainant
The woman’s remarks came a day after CV Ananda Bose instructed Raj Bhavan employees to ignore any communication from the police in connection with the case.
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West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose is “hiding behind his immunity” and “threatening” his staff not to speak up regarding the allegations of sexual harassment that have been levelled against him, the complainant in the case told The Print on Monday.
The complainant, a 29-year-old contractual employee at Kolkata’s Raj Bhavan, accused Bose of inappropriately touching her on April 24 and on May 2. She wrote a complaint letter to the Raj Bhavan’s officer-in-charge on the day of the second incident.
“[Bose] touched some parts of my body forcefully,” the woman said in the letter. “Even after he sensed that I was feeling uncomfortable, he forced himself again.”
“[Bose] made indecent proposals to me,” she said. “Aide-de-Camp [Manish] Joshi sir told me to go home. I asked him, crying, whether he would have said the same if his wife would have been in my place. He left.”
The complainant also alleged that Officer on Special Duty Sandeep Rajput tried to prevent her from speaking out about the two incidents.
“My mobile was snatched on [Rajput’s] instruction,” she alleged. “He tried to confine me in one room and told the staff not to help me.” She has accused Rajput of threatening employees at the Raj Bhavan and asking them not to cooperate with the police investigation, reported The Indian Express.
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