This is really sad thing to happen. Other than IT, where working hours are late into the night, BPO was another source of employment where work hours are different than normal. And both these areas provided lots of employment to women and were supported by parents inspite of the work schedule because these were considered safe. The bad effect I feel about these cases will be that parents will now feel unsafe and discourage their daughters from joining BPO's and like, out of fear for the worst. I completely blame the company for these happennings. It is their duty to ensure the safety of its employees. In this case, it is quite likely that the colleague must have made some sort of advances in the past also, though unsuccessful. A proper counsel within the company that hears to sexual harassment might have encouraged the victim to expose the culprit and lead to his resignation and maybe avert what happenned. I wonder how many of these small BPO's that operate in nooks and corners have these basic facilities. And the most important thing I feel is capital punishment to the culprits, which should be made public, so that such incidents do not occur in the future.
