Noida: Woman claims harassment by employer over pregnancy

A 24-year-old woman was allegedly sacked from her job at a private company in Sector 11 of Noida after she applied for maternity leave.

The Noida police have started a probe into the matter after the victim's sister-in-law tweeted about the matter and tagged UP CM Yogi Adityanath and the UP police.

According to police, the victim, identified as Monika Rawat, a resident of Shahberi in Greater Noida used to work as a customer relationship executive for the last six months.

According to Rawat, she joined the company in June and at that time, she had informed the management that she might be pregnant but she was not sure. The company hired her and in July end, her pregnancy was confirmed by the doctor.

She had then informed her team manager, HR team and other management staff of the company about the pregnancy. "At that time everything was fine, but slowly, the management started torturing me and told me to resign if I wanted to go ahead with the pregnancy. Eventually, they terminated my service," Rawat alleged.

Rashmi, Customer Relationship Manager and Monika's team leader, said that she did not know anything about the matter. But the junior staff at the company confirmed that police had visited the premises. Pankaj Pant, SHO of Sector 24 police station said that a police team visited the company for investigation on Monday. It was revealed that the woman was employed with the company for 175 days, out of which, she was absent for 60 days. "A meeting has been fixed between the woman and the company to resolve the matter," Pant said.