Kolkata:
A lady journalist has alleged that she has been sexually harassed by a CPM chief when she had gone to interview him. It occurred when she had gone to the home of Tanmoy Bhattacharya for an interview, she stated.
Narrating the occasion on a Fb reside session, she stated the CPM chief had sat on her lap on the pretext of sitting down for the interview.
“I had confronted harassment at Bhattacharya’s home earlier additionally… He tends to the touch individuals. He would contact my hand,” she stated however added that she had not complained about it fearing repercussions.
“However what occurred this time was an excessive amount of,” she stated.
Tanmoy Bhattacharya, she added, had taken benefit when her cameraperson was making an attempt to arrange a body for the interview and was asking him to sit down at a sure spot.
“He stated the place will I sit and got here and sat down on my lap,” she stated, visibly shaking whereas recounting the expertise.
“I’m not positive whether or not the CPM will take motion… However I’ve understood that this has nothing to with political color. There are some people who find themselves like this. It’s their drawback at a private degree,” she stated.
A criticism has been filed on the Baranagar police station concerning the incident, which coms on the heels of the horrific rape-murder of a younger physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical School that had stirred up the state and unfold ripples throughout the nation.
It led to largescale protests, ceasework and even an indefinite starvation strike by junior medical doctors that was absolutely backed by the civil society and the opposition events.
The CPM has stated that Tanmoy Bhattacharya will likely be suspended and the occasion will conduct an inside inquiry.