Thank you, VJP. Having ( professionally / on Goanet ) seen 3 scenarios:
1: perpetrators appropriately charged and successfully tried for abuse 2: individuals falsely implicated and accusation voluntarily withdrawn after much anguish 3: accusation made and no further action after much drama I suggest (yet again) that 'we' follow the law and help apply it Fairly and Reasonably. As a rule, esp after learning about the Goa College of Art fiasco and my foray into the legal field, I personally prefer to KEEP an OPEN MIND and to Look at ALL the verifiable Facts of the Case before coming to a conclusion. Without making reference to the Index case ( that we are talking talking about) OR any other specific case, I'd submit that some cases leave Trails like Instant Messages and Texts or Affairs....and hence self-slide into oblivion after heat of the initial drama dissipates. Sexual Molestation, Abuse and Harassment are REAL and UBIQUITOUS. They are a real menace to society. However, one False Accusation or an Injudiciously handled accusation causes immense harm to the fight against harassment and other forms of abuse. jc > On Aug 14, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Venantius J Pinto <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 >>
