Dimapur, October 28 (MExN): Two Naga women, employed in a call centre in New Delhi, were victimized by their employer when they resisted his sexual overtures a few days ago. Informing this in a press statement, the Spokesperson of the newly constituted North East Support Centre & Helpline, Madhu Chandra said that the Centre received a complaint from the two women, aged about 23 were employed by Accurate Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO), Green Park Extension, New Delhi on September 4. However, the manager of the call centre made sexual advances to the two Naga women, which they resisted. Consequently, the manager stopped the transportation service for the two women.
“The women reported to the NE Support Centre & Helpline that the manager abused them in the office and told them not to attend the office anymore. The salary for the month of September has also been denied to the victims,” the statement disclosed. The spokesperson stated that the Support Centre & Helpline has not received any response from the Call Centre. Nonetheless, the release pointed out that racial discrimination in the national capital has increased in many forms, and women from the northeast and other tribal-dominated states such as Orrisa and Chhattisgarh, are victims of sexual abuses and harassment in work places. The release also mentioned the molestation case of a Manipuri girl by her tenant on October 21 and informed that the police had refused to register a case until the media intervened.
North East Support Centre & Helpline is a joint initiative of various human rights activist, social workers, students, journalists and lawyers seeking to prevent harassment and abuses meted out to northeasterners people and tribal communities.
