Kolkata:
A girl 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 mentioned.
Narrating the occasion on a Facebook reside session, she mentioned 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 mentioned however added that she had not complained about it fearing repercussions.
“But what occurred this time was an excessive amount of,” she mentioned.
Tanmoy Bhattacharya, she added, had taken benefit when her cameraperson was attempting to arrange a body for the interview and was asking him to sit down at a sure spot.
“He mentioned the place will I sit and got here and sat down on my lap,” she mentioned, visibly shaking whereas recounting the expertise.
“I’m not certain whether or not the CPM will take motion… But I’ve understood that this has nothing to with political color. There are some people who find themselves like this. It is their drawback at a private stage,” she mentioned.
A grievance has been filed on the Baranagar police station in regards to the incident, which coms on the heels of the horrific rape-murder of a younger physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College 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 mentioned that Tanmoy Bhattacharya will probably be suspended and the social gathering will conduct an inner inquiry.