Well put Jose. —Venantius On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Jose Colaco <[email protected]> wrote:
> Totally weird scenario. > > I would have thought that the primary route for handling this would have > been for the alleged-victim to (1) Approach a lawyer, preferably from > Baillancho Saad (2) Report the matter to the Police and take it from there. > > If 'aggressive overtures' are being made to prevent the proper course of > justice, there are (or ought to be) appropriate sanctions in the law to > deal with obstruction of justice. Please use them.....instead of waiting > for some Vishakha Committee to hold an Inquiry. > > The main obstacles would be: (1) It is a She said He said situation (2) > Both sides are unknown or uninvestigated by the investigative reporter yet > (For Heaven's Sake...Ask the alleged perpetrator Na?) (3) IF there is NO > evidence. > > This "Trial by Media" is ridiculous. > > File the report and Let the accused confront the accuser in Court, Na! > > And Please..Let us hope there is NO Crapola like the "Penile Potency test" > EVEN IF the Penis is NOT alleged to have been involved. > > BTW: I did not see any Investigation updates on Goa Net about that TEST by > any alleged Investigative Reporter. > > jc > > > On 14 August 2015 at 12:01, Mayabhushan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > An update on the sexual harassment case in a popular cable news > channel.... > > > > No formal enquiry as mandated under the Vishakha Committee, has begun at > > the news channel, whose top news anchor has been accused of sexual > > harassment by a woman staffer three days ago. > > > > For now, aggressive overtures are being made to the victim, by the anchor > > to not formally complain to an external agency, even as the victim could > > not report to work today. Sources in the news channel, which also > operates > > a newspaper, said that the accused has been 'given' one more day to > > 'compromise' the case with the victim and to ensure that she does not > > pursue the case legally. > > > > Sources close to the victim have alleged that the anchor, also a senior > > print media journalist has threatened to commit suicide, if she comes > > forward with a formal complaint. > > > > In the past too, the anchor, who has been accused of sexual harassment on > > more than one occasion in the past, has used the ‘suicide’ route to > weaken > > the resolve of his victims. And it has worked to his advantage. > > > > Meanwhile, the victim’s contact details have been forwarded to the Goa > > State Women’s Commission by the undersigned so that she could be > contacted > > independently by the Commission. > > > > > > ends > > >
