Notwithstanding the claims made by IT companies about measures taken by them to ensure safety of women staffers, security still remains their major concern.
Techies working with various information technology (IT) companies and business process outsourcing (BPO) units in the city feel that justice has been done to Wipro BPO staffer Jyotikumari Choudhary with principal district and sessions judge Anant Badar awarding capital punishment for the cabbie and his friend who kidnapped, gang raped and killed the techie in 2007.
However, notwithstanding the claims made by IT companies about measures taken by them to ensure safety of women staffers, security still remains their major concern.
Sakshi Verma (23) is not comfortable with the idea of travelling by a cab. “I do not prefer cabs. I rather use my own vehicle. The company provides good security but I would not trust a cab because I am aware that such incidents have taken place in the past,’’ she said.
Neh Akansha (27) recalls how the incident had left her parents in Jamshedpur shell shocked. “Then, I worked in the graveyard shift. So paranoid were my parents that they kept on insisting that I do not work at night. The verdict is a relief because at least something has been done. But, such things are scary and need to be nipped in the bud. Even though, I don’t think about it consciously, such incidents are difficult to forget. We now take precautions and my current company suggests that we don’t talk to drivers and complain immediately if the driver drives too fast or doesn’t take the right route. Fortunately, now we have buses and try to void cabs.’’
Angry and disappointed with the system, Nikhil Sadanand (27), a trainer, fumes, “When such incidents take place, women working for us become apprehensive but, with time, they forget. I haven’t seen any drastic security steps taken by any organisation. What we ensure is if employees are returning by bus and if a woman is last to be dropped, we ask the male employee to wait till she is dropped and then take the bus to his residence. If these two get a short term or even life sentence, it is of no use, such people should be hanged. These things are happening too often. It is not feasible for women to go out at night this way. In Kolkata, two such incidents took place in the span of two weeks, security should be tightened.’’
Saptaparni Kumar, a 23-year-old software developer, said, “Why so much of delay in delivering the justice? It would be such a nightmare for the parents.’’ Glad that her company maintains strict security, she added, “Fortunately, the company takes very good care about our security. They call us at the time we should ideally reach home and this is a regular practice for every drop service every day.’’
Vishal Vyas, vice president of Vinsys, said even companies are concerned about the safety of women staffers. “We don’t have night shifts but many of our employees travel to different parts of India and have to take flights at odd hours. After this incident, we have stopped employing drivers from external agencies. After 8 pm, we have co-owned cabs to drop our women employees to the airport,’’ he said.
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