WBHRC orders action on letter threatening Ganguly


Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS): The West Bengal Human Rights Commission Wednesday issued orders that action be taken against a woman law clerk who earlier sent a letter threatening to implicate its chairman A.K. Ganguly in a case of molestation.

Asima Mallik, a clerk in Burdwan district court, addressed a letter to the office of the WBHRC in the city, threatening to implicate Ganguly in a case of molestation.

"The letter, dated Sept 18, came to the notice of the Commission earlier this month and accordingly the West Bengal Law Clerk Council has been asked to initiate action against the said clerk within three weeks," joint secretary of the Commission Sujay Kumar Haldar told IANS.

"In the letter written in Bengali, Mallik warned Ganguly to mend his ways, or he would be implicated in the molestation case," Haldar said.

Incidentally, Ganguly a former Supreme Court judge, has been accused of sexual harassment by a law intern. A three-judge panel of the apex court probed the matter and found him guilty of "unwelcome behaviour".

Ever since that indictment, strident demands have been made from several quarters that Ganguly resign as chief of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.

Ganguly, however, has rubbished the allegations against him and refused to resign.

 

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: WBHRC orders action on letter threatening Ganguly



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.