A Ghaziabad-based journalist has spoken of her ordeal.
In another case that highlights the poor state of women's safety, a Ghaziabad-based journalist has alleged she was harassed by a police officer.
What's more shocking is that the woman claims she was harassed her own home when the police officer, who, came to verify her passport.
In her tweets,a journalist with a leading daily, tagged home minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, and the Ghaziabad police.
"Safety of an applicant, especially that of a woman, during police verification for passport renewal is a big lacuna. The policeman who came for my verification just a few minutes ago in Ghaziabad made me feel pathetically uncomfortable. The experience was so scary that I had to ask my helper to stay back until the man left the house. Clearly, the policeman was intentionally trying to delay the procedure in order to buy more time and look for a chance. The policeman had the audacity to ask for a “hug” after saying “I have done your verification. Now what will you give me?”. The name of the policeman is Devendra Singh," she said in her tweets.
Harassment of women, despite the rise in complaints and Supreme Court making strong judgments. Recently, Shah Faesal, who topped the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) exam in 2010, said that the government has initiated action against him over 'rapistan' tweet and shared a letter on the micro-blogging site.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has initiated disciplinary action against Shah for his tweet about frequent rapes which was seen by the Centre's Department of Personnel and Training as his failure to maintain absolute honesty and integrity in the discharge of duties.
In a notice to Faesal, the General Administration Department said, "You have allegedly failed to maintain absolute honesty and integrity in the discharge of official duty and thus acted in a manner unbecoming of a public servant. "
Faesal later tweeted that he had received a 'love letter' from his boss.
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