Case of alleged molestation of nurse:
Srinagar: Taking cognizance of the reports wherein a female nurse accused director health services of molesting her, several ministers have ordered their heads of the departments to install CCTV cameras in their office chambers and retiring rooms in civil secretariat.
According to the reports received by KNS, the council of ministers in the state government are discussing the matter threadbare and have almost evolved a consensus on installation of the CCTV cameras in their offices. The allegation of sexual harassment has become an area of serious concern within the present dispensation. Sources told KNS that the government in the near future is expected to issue a formal order wherein the senior officials shall be asked to install cameras in their chambers and retiring rooms.
Pertinently, Police on June 5 booked three senior officers of state’s Health department including Director Health Services Kashmir for allegedly molesting a nurse at a working place here. The Government is mulling an inquiry into the incident.
A case has been registered in Police Station Shaheed Gunj vide FIR No 46 under section 354 (molesting a woman at working place) of the CrPc against DHSK Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman, Chief Medical Officer Anantnag (Islamabad) DrNazir Shadad and BMO Saller (Anantnag), Dr Arshad Tak.