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Originally posted by: bips

Face palm

THIS is his response??

Not only incredibly stupid but also sounds arrogant like you dont think the allegations are serious enough and can act all flippant about it

Other Instances Of Harassment

This former employee too faced sexual harassment at TVF's offices in Delhi . On the night of October 8, when Tripling, a video series by TVF, was screened at their Delhi offices, she alleged that a cake spiked with marijuana was shared with team members without informing them that the cake had the drug. When the employee went to a washroom, she was locked in a room by a male employee and prevented from going outside. This male employee also made sexually suggestive remarks against her when she managed to get out.

TVF did deal with this employee's complaint (copies of which are with YKA). However, it wasn't through an Internal Complaints Committee. She was asked to file a written complaint, after which she wrote an email to Deep Mody, purportedly an HR manager, copies of which YKA has seen. The survivor claimed that it was after her complaint dated October 18, and a resignation letter written on November 2, which TVF declined to accept, that the Google Hangouts call was arranged. "The channel head (of the Delhi offices) himself, when I gave my resignation, said, Itni bhi koi badi baat nahi hai' (this is not a big issue),'" the survivor told YKA.

Even in the November 3 online meeting, the survivor didn't recall employees being told about any presiding officer of any internal complaints committee. She said that they were told about an email id on which people could register complaints and that they were made aware of the laws. However, when asked whether employees were informed about any chairperson or presiding officer, the survivor told YKA, "No, not (any) such (thing). We were only told that Deep was supposed to be, like Deep was I think the head HR, so he was handling the matters. I was directly interacting with him."

The survivor also told YKA that TVF held a meeting on October 29 where both the accused employee and she were interviewed. The persons taking testimonies surprisingly also included Akansh Gaur, the channel head of the Delhi offices. This is despite allegations made against Gaur too in the email complaint dated October 18.

Three options were given to her in the meeting - of filing an FIR, of the accused being fired, or of talking it out with the accused. "At that point of time I said I don't want to speak to him. I don't want to lodge an FIR. I just don't want to work with him on the same premises," the survivor told YKA. However, no action was taken immediately after this hearing. Two witnesses, who had seen the survivor run out of the room on October 8, too spoke to the people dealing with the complaint in December, the survivor said. However, action was taken only in January after the survivor told her employers that she will have to go ahead with an FIR. The accused employee was then fired on January 5.

Will TVF Fix This?

However, the alleged lack of a system in place to deal with sexual harassment means that other kinds of harassment that the employee had alleged may not get dealt with in future unless structured mechanisms are put in place by the organisation. The survivor, for instance, had also alleged in her email complaint dated October 18 that Akansh Gaur, the channel head of TVF's Delhi offices, makes sexually suggestive conversation at the workplace.

The complaint, for instance, alleged that Gaur suggested hiring "a girl whose only job will be to give blowjobs to everyone" in the workplace. However, the resolution received by the complainant, a copy of which YKA has seen, does not state any action taken against Gaur. TVF has also not responded to a question about any action taken against Gaur. Gaur, when contacted, asked YKA to contact him on March 14 (the article will be updated in case Gaur responds).

Other people, claiming to have previously worked with TVF, have also now come out in support of the person who alleged sexual harassment in the blog post. They also sexual harassment by Arunabh Kumar