Coimbatore: All India Democratic Women's Association have filed a complaint with the Police Commissioner's Office seeking action to block the video of a female worker in changing room at a petrol bunk spreading on the social network
Coimbatore: All India Democratic Women's Association have filed a complaint with the Police Commissioner's Office seeking action to block the video of a female worker in changing room at a petrol bunk spreading on the social network
This case had caused a flutter when Manikandan, an employee in a petrol bunk owned by Roots, had given an interview from Coimbatore GH that he has been assaulted and that there was an incident few months back where his wife (who is also working in the same bunk) was videographed using a hidden camera by another employee while she was changing her dress in the bunk.
In this case, the videos have now started to be spread on social media. Following this, All India Democratic Women's Association has sought action to stop these videos from going viral. They also felt that actions for women’s safety in Coimbatore were not satisfactory.
All India Democratic Women's Association Co-ordinator Radhika said, "Action should be taken against the petrol bunk and the owner for the crime against women. If the police are not able to take action even when a complaint is filed in the police station, how can we expect them to take action on the complaint raised in Kavalan App?"
The Case
In a shocking allegation, a man has been allegedly assaulted by the management of a private company for allegedly possessing compromising videos of a female staff (his wife) which was shot by another employee and amicably settled, a few months ago.
Manikandan (35) and Savitha (30) are from Kannappanagar, Coimbatore. They have been working for over 8 years in a petrol bunk owned by Roots Company in Eru company, Saibaba Colony.
Three months ago, when Savitha was changing her clothes in the dressing room at the bunk, she left suspicious and felt someone was secretively videotaping her. And, she immediately informed her husband. Her husband Manikandan later complained to the management about the incident and proved that Supervisor Subhash had videotaped her wife through his cell phone.
The management enquired the issue and came to know that Subhash has videotaped Saritha while changing clothes through his cellphone. Later, the issue was later amicably settled between the two parties and the source files of the videos were supposedly deleted.
Now, it was come to light that Manikandan had stored a copy of the video in his cellphone. It is alleged that after the management came to know that Manikandan holds a copy of the issue, few people from the management along with the Managing Director have assaulted Manikandan forcing him to delete the video. As Manikandan refused to delete the video, they have allegedly thrashed him. Manikandan who sustained severe injuries is presently undergoing treatment at Coimbatore Government Hospital.
Commenting on the assault, Manikandan said, "I had stored the videos for evidence sake. Knowing that I still have the proof, Managing Director Kavidasan of Roots, PRO Saravanan, Manager Shankar Ganesh and few others brutally attacked me. They have also made a false complaint stating that I had stolen petrol from the bunk."
Manikandan who earlier accused the management for falsely blaming him of theft, has now agreed of stealing petrol. He, however reiterated that Dr. Kavidasan was among others who brutally thrashed him for storing the video in the phone. He has also hinted the involvement of a senior staff at the petrol bunk in the theft.