Harassment at workplace – Soni Jagadish the latest victim | Managers charged abetting suicide
30Sep2008 Filed under: Issues Author: ripsSoni Jagadish working with Nokia Company in Bangalore committed suicide on Friday 26th September 2008 citing harassment by her seniors as the reason for the extreme step. In her suicide note, she mentioned two Managers Teja and Sachin of harassing her and causing lot of mental trauma. The police have charged both the managers under IPC 306, abetting sucide. Both the managers are absconding since her death.
Soni Jagadish hails from Mysore and her father works as a Central Government employee. Soni was a very ambitious girl and wanted to make it big in Bangalore. She was staying in Jayanagar IX block, Bangalore. She did not report at work on Friday, 26th September and her cell phone was also switched off. Her colleagues and friends contacted her father and with the help of the police when they break open her house, they found her hanging. There were suicide notes on the floor, addressed to her parents, her brother and her close friend Venkat. Seems like there was yet another note accusing the managers, where she said she was harassed because she refused to entertain the guys’ team. Police are investigating as to what exactly she meant by that and questioning all colleagues and friends. Police have further sealed her cubicle so that no evidence can be tampered. She was working Nokia Branch Office in Prestige Tech Park in Devaravisanhallai.
On Monday, members of Karantaka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) staged a dharna in front of the Nokia Office demanding compensation of Indian Rupees 1 Million for Soni’s family. Praveen Kumar Shetty from KRV said that the management has showed the “Order of Dismissal” to those managers and has agreed to pay compensation to the family of Soni.
Both the managers are missing and Police said since they did not present themselves and clarified their stand, they think managers are absconding and have really harassed the employee. The management of Nokia Company are extending full support to the police for fair investigation.
The cases of harassment at workplace are on rise and many go unreported fearing loosing job or other social abuse. Only when the case goes this extreme do these matters come into picture. High time the company management should look into the matter of ensuring safe working environment specially for the women section.
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Rips, You were defeated and you did what all females in this country do – cry to get undue favors. Some like wives cry in the court in order to get more money from their husbands, and some like you cry online in order to gain sympathy.
Admin interrupted in the last debate and clearly said – Rips is crying because of the comments, and he removed some of the posts and banned those members.
Rahul was his name, right? The one who screwed your happiness, therefore you have banned him
But do not worry, ours is a movement based on ideologies and thinking. Leaders like Rahul have created many Rahuls all around them and you shall not be able to bullshit anymore and get away with it.
About facts – we have more facts than feminists like you.
Tell me who is more unsafe in India – men or women? I know you will say women because you are not literate enough. Let me tell you that one man is murdered every 19 min as opposed to a woman being murdered every 66 minutes.
Tell me who pays more income taxes in India? you can say what ever you want but the fact remains that we men pay 83% income taxes and there is no ministry for our welfare. Why? Because women like you are ruling this country and men are treated like dogs.
56,000 married men commit suicide every year. No one talks about them, and here one female committed suicide and feminists like you are making a national issue out of it.
Rakesh
I was never defeated, my point stands there. Dowry by all classes, especially techies is SHAME! And I have enough proof to prove my point, shame you only just have facts from your near and dears without any concrete proof.
Praveen, if you are a victim and you have done the same thing whats the difference between you and the people you committed crime. Definitely with brother like you, your sister is bound to suicide.
I do not know what is the debate about? 56,000 men commit suicide every year and no one even whispers about their deaths!
I am a harassed husband myself. I am very proud to say that I have killed 2 women and raped 5 women till date. Go and do whatever you can. I have learned that a crime is a crime only when it is proven. I suffered for 7 years because my wife false accused me of dowry charges. Both my parents died in these 7 years. My sister committed suicide. Now, I will take revenge from all the bitches out there.
Oh, Rips is the same feminist who was harping about dowry a few weeks back. She was brutally defeated in her earlier debate too, and history will repeat itself.
Megha, there was no harassment. She was ambitious and was giving sexual favors in return of career rise. When she was caught by her boyfriend, she committed suicide. Where is harassment?
Why are all you playing politics and debate on someone’s death? We do not know the truth and should not blame anyone. Its unfortunate though that she had to die because of so called harassment!
Rips, We will save the managers, you do not have to worry about us. You go and get them convicted if you can.
Rockon, few isolated cases of yours cannot overshadow large truth behind dowry, harassment of women at work. Even the labour court and inspectors warns the management to take precaution for the women employees else they charge the company under labour laws. So all those laws, people, politicians, police – all are wrong and some Family bachao Andolan team are right?
The fact remains Soni is dead and she has put the blame on the managers. Can u go and save them? if yes, go ahead!
I am very happy that one more bitch died. Females are always manipulative by nature. They have been troubling men since the time the world started.
And with the present state in India, I feel very happy whenever a female is raped or murdered.
I am anti-woman. Forget about respect, I hate these women. You can call me whatever you want, I will continue to hate them and work towards making their survival difficult in whatever way I can.
rips, i believe u will never ever …
and i thought u said”i cant sit mum”
become mummy or
i think u should not sit, but stand and dance on streets to get attention
u will find some good attention….and below ears some loud attention of whom u r trying to take advantage…
and u think i dont know u, may be not directly…but….u r know rips
Wow Rakesh, you know everything about the girl. Good, why dun you go to the police and tell the truth so that those falsely implicated managers can be saved!
Very strange huh, everytime girl does bad thing and she has to die. never heard a boy dying of such issue..
i think u r getting empotional in this logical world….hence cannot understand real feelings
u said it vorrectly, u will realise only when it happens to you or ur family …. when falsely in ambit of churning money
i am not into wrong topic, u have met to a wrong person…and u tried tpo become wolf-hero, for attention and i know u have already did misleads in earlier posts of which i am so sure about
u know more names of movie / serials / trailers i think
thats y u try these biggi billi stunts
u have done in past not succeeded, rasie issue to get female sympathy….i have seen ur posts earlier….i could only pity on you
sorry, if i have exposed u
)
cant help u taking advantage in the name of others
The truth is Soni Jagdish was a girl with a lose character.
Her boyfriend’s name is Venkat (The one to whom one of the suicide notes is addressed).
As already mentioned above, she was very ambitious and was sleeping around with her managers. When her boyfriend found out the truth, she felt guilty and committed suicide.
She blamed the managers to make the whole story look real.
She left all the money for her boyfriend in order to assuage her guilt.
This is really a shocking incident and hope the truth comes out fast. The culprits should be punished.
Thanks for your opinion rockon, but i guess i cannot sit mum. I havent written this post for any attention, it really hurts when things like that happen. God forbids if such thing happen with your family you will realise.
Anyways, you have fun, may be you bumped into the wrong topic… May be you can watch trailers of heroes and drona here
as if u know whats the condition
u knw tht person, i think i know
rips,
its easy to to say…”I do not say, but media says so…” and start having mic in hand and roam to attract babes….by the means of sympathy….
i think i have seen few posts by few and one of my friends saw and she found herself in the attract-net
so thats y i said have fun …
tell me, something if u know, otherwsie dont kick start ur bla bla bla
if u are accused and do not want to disclosse the matter in public becuase if u r owner of firm
- u do not want to bring out recordings which is evidence
- u do not want to malice lady in public
- u r good employer
– u want ur firm to be safe and sound
- u want ur firm to come out clean
- u do not want to exaggerate because someone wants to say and have fun
there can be various reasons….
we do not think from many angles….
and we write what we want to to attract attention and …
lets chill rips, enjoy and have fun with cup of coffee and may be something else u may want to have cool and ur think tank thinking all angles if u were in the net, u wud have done i think the same….
there r ppl who know intrnet, but dont waste their time in rag things….for some estranged reasons
and just do bla bla bla
Rockon
We have not made any judgment here. We have narrated the story as per the media, reports from press. We have not accused the managers that they are the culprits. The Police is saying so! And if they are clean, why cant they release statements or come and face the trial.
We would say its better to face the trial and face the world than to walk off as that would just make the matter worse.
Very easy for you to write have “Fun”.. Can you imagine what is the condition of Soni’s family? Its high time truth should come out and if guilty, the accused should be given severest punishment so that other tremble before doing such acts!
pathetic,
to conclude on one side of story
why are we not taking another side of coin and decide or unless keep O-mouth on calm, before shouting on mere strang…
i think it has not happened to ur respected father, son, husband at big profile posted in org…
lets hear both sides…otherwise just being from one side educates wrong coin, and tries to be BIGGI BILLI of 9Xm
and wrong conclusion belongs to educated-illeterates, closed–blind-eyed individuals and not alert individuals
enjoy, cheers, have fun…. and dont try ot be famous b y meagre acts
help urself and help society if u can with educated mind
and dont do social engineering
This is not going to end sonali until we have men who do not know how to respect women.
But u know what I feel: We find such harassment much only in India because here percentage of girls who oppose for men’s demands is large,. But in western culture, its just a matter of JOB ADJUSTMENT. But we Indian girls are brought up with some ethics and values from our traditions. But the men are so much influenced by this western culture they forget they are in INDIA.
But there are also girls who encourage such acts to these days making way for men to demand more. We should equally punish men who demand and girls who fulfill…
Very shocking,but this is everyday story of girls working in company call centers and IT firms. Girls who listen to the demands get good pay benefits, but who does not are harassed and not given good perks. I was also approached by my senior in the last company and he was married also. I had to change my job because of that.
Soni’s case might bring some hope to end this harassment.