Parth Sarthi Gupta, a teacher at an MCD school and M. S. Kawalia, a retired deputy education officer ( DEO) of the Rohini zone has found guilty for sexual harassment. They were fined only of Rs 75,000. This amount will be paid to the victim as compensation.
Gupta has been fined Rs 50,000 for sexually harassing a fellow teacher at an MCD primary school in West Delhi's Raghubir Nagar. The victim had filed a complaint with the sexual harassment committee of the MCD last year.
The matter was then brought to the notice of MCD commissioner K. S. Mehra, who ordered Gupta to pay the fine.
Kawalia, who retired recently, has been fined Rs 25,000. He was charged with sexually harassing a teacher at an MCD primary school in Rohini Sector 3. He was in service when the charge was brought against him. 'We have received an order to deduct Rs 25,000 from the arrears that Kawalia is entitled to. He was found guilty of sexually harassing a teacher,' a senior MCD official said.
This is the first time that the civic body has taken such a step against its teaching staff involved in sexual harassment cases.
A number of such cases had been reported earlier, but no action was taken against the perpetrators.
According to an MCD official, sexual harassment cases have been reported from the MCD schools in Jafarabad, Preet Vihar and Sultanpuri. ' It is true that most of the cases are not reported. Victims, be it teachers or students, fear social stigma.
In most cases, the guilty are either transferred to another school or suspended for a few days,'the official said.
Gupta has been fined Rs 50,000 for sexually harassing a fellow teacher at an MCD primary school in West Delhi's Raghubir Nagar. The victim had filed a complaint with the sexual harassment committee of the MCD last year.
The matter was then brought to the notice of MCD commissioner K. S. Mehra, who ordered Gupta to pay the fine.
Kawalia, who retired recently, has been fined Rs 25,000. He was charged with sexually harassing a teacher at an MCD primary school in Rohini Sector 3. He was in service when the charge was brought against him. 'We have received an order to deduct Rs 25,000 from the arrears that Kawalia is entitled to. He was found guilty of sexually harassing a teacher,' a senior MCD official said.
This is the first time that the civic body has taken such a step against its teaching staff involved in sexual harassment cases.
A number of such cases had been reported earlier, but no action was taken against the perpetrators.
According to an MCD official, sexual harassment cases have been reported from the MCD schools in Jafarabad, Preet Vihar and Sultanpuri. ' It is true that most of the cases are not reported. Victims, be it teachers or students, fear social stigma.
In most cases, the guilty are either transferred to another school or suspended for a few days,'the official said.
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