Top officials from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) repeatedly “coaxed and cajoled” a male researcher to approach the complainant and help end the sexual harassment case against TERI Director General RK Pachauri, The Economic Times, reported earlier today.
But the sexual harassment complainant, speaking to The Quint, has said it was not just one but two TERI employees who were asked to approach her to settle out of court.
In a written complaint to Delhi Police the junior researcher, who has since resigned from TERI, reveals he was asked to reach out to his friend, the 29-year-old woman who filed a FIR registered against Pachauri.
He was allegedly instructed to pressurise her into settling out of court,
In an exclusive interview with The Quint two months ago, following her resignation, the survivor had alleged that the environment at TERI was so hostile that she was left with no option but to quit.
She made scathing allegations against TERI, claiming that the organisation made no effort to keep her identity a secret, in a clear violation of section 228A of the Indian Penal Code, a statutory legal provision to protect the identity of those who have been sexually assaulted.
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