New Delhi sources reported that when responding to the allegations, Doordarshan sources said the network had acted promptly on the complaints of sexual harassment and will gather more information on the matter. Meanwhile the women claimed at a press conference here that they were harassed on the pretext of getting their contracts renewed and one of the complaints dates back to 2015.
Furthermore she claimed she filed the complaint against the accused in 2015. She said “The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) ordered his suspension but it was not followed by DD authorities”. Reportedly one of the women worked in DD Bhopal, two are from DD Delhi, where two of the women came with their faces covered. Accordingly the woman told reporters that she filed the complaint with the ICC in March 2018.
Sources said "The astonishing part is the fact that till date no training session or workshop has been organized by the public body in order to create awareness," one of the women said. Moreover in DD, ICCs have been set up in all DD Kendras. "However, we will gather information about the status of complaints”.
