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Woman officer at BHEL commits suicide due to ‘harassment’ by boss, colleagues

The 33-year-old woman’s husband complained about the incident and a case has been registered against the Deputy General Manager (Finance) and six other BHEL employees, who are her colleagues, for allegedly abetting the officer’s suicide.

Woman officer at BHEL commits suicide due to ‘harassment’ by boss, colleagues

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A woman Accounts Officer of public sector company Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) allegedly committed suicide over ”harassment” by a top official and six other colleagues in Hyderabad, police said.

The 33-year-old woman’s husband complained about the incident and a case has been registered against the Deputy General Manager (Finance) and six other BHEL employees, who are her colleagues, for allegedly abetting the officer’s suicide, they said.

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The woman, who hails from Bhopal, hanged herself in the bedroom at her residence in Miyapur area on Thursday at around 10.30 am after locking it from inside. Her husband and other family members were not present at the time of suicide. When they came back they broke open the bedroom door and found her hanging from the ceiling, Inspector of Police Venkatesh Shamala told news agency PTI.

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The suicide note purportedly written by the deceased, accused the Deputy General Manager and six other colleagues of mentally harassing her and forcing her to take the extreme step, he said.

She had also written in her note that her colleagues were spying on her. They even hacked her mobile phone and all her calls were tapped by them. In the note, the woman also alleged they made vulgar comments on her and had been harassed by some of her colleagues when she was posted in Bhopal earlier.

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