A female officer has made a sensational allegation of sexual harassment against Jitendra Kashyap, who was the jailer of Baghpat District Jail in Uttar Pradesh. The victim is posted in the district jail. It is alleged that the jailer had tried to rape her. After receiving the complaint in this matter, the police have registered a case against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Justice Code. Police has started investigation.
Khekra police station in-charge Kailash Chandra said that a case has been registered on Tuesday on the basis of the written complaint lodged by the woman jail officer. The accused has not been taken into custody yet. The medical examination of the complainant has been completed. His statement will be recorded in the court. CCTV footage from the district jail will also be examined and action will be taken if the allegations are found true.
According to the complainant, after the retirement of District Jail Superintendent Vishnukant Mishra, Jitendra Kashyap was given the additional charge of Superintendent. On January 1, Jitendra called him to the Superintendent’s office. Treated him unfairly. Tried to sexually harass her. In this case, the accused has been suspended on the basis of the investigation report of the committee constituted by the Director General of Prisons.
After this, the jail administration has appointed jailer Shailesh Singh, who was earlier posted in Bareilly Central Jail, to Baghpat District Jail. In this case, SP Vijayvargiya says that on the complaint of the female officer, a case has been registered against the accused in Khekra police station. Further action will be taken on the basis of investigation. After this incident, questions are being raised regarding women’s safety in the police department.
Let us tell you that the World Bank had released a shocking report on sexual harassment of women. According to this report, 88 percent of women traveling in public transport in Delhi and in urban areas become victims of sexual harassment, while only 1 percent complain about it to the police. According to the report, more than half of the women in Chennai are victims of sexual harassment.
Of these, only 6 percent get cases registered. In Pune, 63 percent women have to face this, while only 12 percent women are able to muster the courage to complain about their ordeal. Whereas in Mumbai, only 2 percent of the victimized women went to the police to complain. However, none of them were satisfied with the police action. 75 percent of the women traveling by train in Mumbai do not know the women’s helpline number.
The report said that more cases of sexual harassment were found on public transport and in public places in Indian cities, but there was very little reporting of such cases or even among those who did register cases, the action taken was disappointing. Some women did not inform anyone about this due to fear. She said that she did not want to create any drama in this matter.