TN woman SP lodges sexual harassment plaint against IG

Chennai: A woman police superintendent has accused an Inspector General rank officer of sexual harassment and an Internal Complaints Committee would meet on August 23 to look into her complaint, police said on Tuesday. Alleging sexual advances by her superior, an officer of the rank of IG, the woman SP has lodged a written complaint to top authorities, police sources said. “The Internal Complaints Committee set up as per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 will look into the complaint on August 23,” a top state police official told PTI. The meeting of the ICC will look into the plaint and go forward in accordance with the harassment prevention law, the official said. In her complaint, the woman officer said she rejected the sexual advances of the senior officer. She has alleged that she had been subjected to sexual harassment for months and the recent episode happened during the first week of this month. (PTI)