Dalit sanitation women workers protest against DRDO Bengaluru over ‘unlawful termination’
demand reinstating them
Bengaluru: Around 61 women safai karamcharis (Sanitation workers) staged a demonstration in front of the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) building, a unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Bengaluru on Monday, protesting against their sudden termination. The workers were abruptly terminated in March 2024 stating that their services were no longer needed, as reported by TheNewsMinute.com.
The All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), which has been advocating on behalf of the workers, claims that the women were targeted for raising concerns about extortion and mistreatment by their contractor. According to the AICCTU, since 2019, the contractor had been illegally demanding a monthly cut of ₹3,000 to ₹4,200 from the workers' wages, claiming the funds were to be shared between the contracting agency and CABS supervisors.
Despite complaints to CABS officials, no action was allegedly taken to stop the alleged extortion. The situation came to a head in October 2023 when the workers lodged a complaint with the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), who intervened and stopped the illegal collections. However, on March 23, 2024, when the workers returned to their jobs, they were informed that their services were no longer required due to the arrival of a new contractor, Indian Security Agency.
Following the incident, The AICCTU filed a complaint with the Karnataka State Commission for Safai Karamcharis (KSCSK), which ruled in favor of the workers and ordered their reinstatement on May 9, 2024. Despite this directive and further orders from the state’s social welfare department and the Minister for Social Welfare, CABS has refused to comply, preventing the women from resuming their duties.
Meanwhile, the protesting women are now demanding immediate reinstatement of their duties and state that their termination was made in act of retaliation for challenging the extortion practices.
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Delhi Police arrests two men for robbing woman by impersonating police, Army personnel
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Police has arrested two men for allegedly robbing a woman by impersonating police and Army personnel, officials said on Sunday.
The accused have been identified as Mohammad Shahrukh (28) and Satish Jaishwal (38), they said.
On September 6, a woman filed a complaint of cheating at the Kamla Market police station, a senior police officer said.
"According to the complainant, she was waiting at a bus stop, where one of the accused approached her in a car and asked directions about Kapashera," the officer said adding that another accused standing at the bus stop replied that he knew the route and he was also going towards Kapashera border and boarded the car.
"The accused persons impersonating themselves as police and Army personnel lured the complainant to get into the car for a free ride till Kapashera border," said the officer.
They allegedly robbed her of mangalsutra and ATM card, police said.
According to police, they checked the CCTV footage and tracked the car's owner.
