Close X
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
ADVT 
India

Suspended Over Sexual Harassment Complaints, Noida Techie Ends Life

Darpan News Desk IANS, 21 Dec, 2018 12:23 AM

    A 35-year-old senior executive of a global IT company, who was temporarily suspended following complaints of sexual harassment at workplace, allegedly committed suicide at his Noida home, police said Thursday.


    Swaroop Raj, an assistant vice-president in Genpact, was found hanging from the ceiling fan by his wife at their Sector 137 home on Wednesday, police said.


    Raj was barred by the company from taking any official work pending inquiry into the allegations made against him by two employees recently, police said.


    He had joined the company in 2007 and was promoted to the senior post recently, they said.


    Police reached the spot and sent his body for postmortem after being informed about the incident, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gautam Buddh Nagar Ajay Pal Sharma said.


    The SSP said a purported suicide note was also found from the spot which was addressed to his wife. In the note, Raj claimed that the allegations against him were "baseless" but people would "look at him with the same eye even if he comes clean".


    "I want to let you know how much I love you. Two of the employees have alleged me with sexual harassment but trust me I didn't do anything. I know the world will understand this but, you and our families should trust me. The allegations are baseless and the entire Genpact will soon know about it," the letter read.


    "I don't have the courage to face everyone. I want you to be strong and live your life with respect, your husband has not done anything. I am leaving as everyone will look at me with eyes of disgust even if I come clean," the note read.


    Confirming the temporary suspension, Genpact condoled the death but maintained that it would prefer to protect the privacy of Raj and not divulge the details of the complaint.


    "The complaint made serious allegations of sexual harassment which are being duly investigated by the Internal Complaints committee (ICC). To have a fair, uninfluenced inquiry, he was placed under temporary suspension pending the closure of the inquiry in line with legal requirement and company policy so that ICC could carry out a reasonable investigation into the allegations received from two female employees," a company spokesperson told.


    He further said, "This is a very difficult time for all of us, as an organisation and as friends and colleagues of the deceased our hearts go out to his family in this time of grief. We implore the public and media to give them the space and dignity they deserve."


    No complaint has been made by the family of the deceased but taking cognisance of the matter, the police is probing the matter on their own, SSP Sharma said.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    In Punjab, Many Government Employees Get Double Salary. It Was A Mistake

    In Punjab, Many Government Employees Get Double Salary. It Was A Mistake
    A notice has been sent to head of all the government offices said two salaries were paid by mistake and shortly one salary would be taken back.

    In Punjab, Many Government Employees Get Double Salary. It Was A Mistake

    Punjab Police Arrest Two Kashmiri Students For Police Station Blast

    Punjab Police on Monday arrested two engineering students from J&K for their role in grenade blasts at a police station in Jalandhar on September 14, claiming to unearth a major terror network linking a Kashmiri group to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

    Punjab Police Arrest Two Kashmiri Students For Police Station Blast

    Indian-American Charged With H-1B Visa, Mail Fraud

    Indian-American Charged With H-1B Visa, Mail Fraud
    An Indian-origin man has been charged in the US with H-1B visa and mail fraud, officials said.

    Indian-American Charged With H-1B Visa, Mail Fraud

    Punjab Schoolgirls Allegedly Stripped For Sanitary Pad, Probe Ordered

    Punjab Schoolgirls Allegedly Stripped For Sanitary Pad, Probe Ordered
    Two teachers were transferred and an inquiry ordered after the matter was brought to the notice of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.

    Punjab Schoolgirls Allegedly Stripped For Sanitary Pad, Probe Ordered

    Ahead Of Diwali, Delhi-NCR Turns Into Gas Chamber

      The national capital and the areas around experienced the first smog episode of this season as the city turned into gas chamber two days before Diwali with air quality placed in "emergency" or "beyond-severe" category.

    Ahead Of Diwali, Delhi-NCR Turns Into Gas Chamber

    Pay 10 Lakh Or Face Rape Charge: Noida Woman Arrested Over Blackmail

    Pay 10 Lakh Or Face Rape Charge: Noida Woman Arrested Over Blackmail
    Greater Noida: The accused and the complainant were friends for some time and she had asked for money from him on multiple occasions citing various reasons, a police official said.

    Pay 10 Lakh Or Face Rape Charge: Noida Woman Arrested Over Blackmail