The Kolkata police registered a case on Friday against three West Bengal Raj Bhavan staffers for allegedly preventing a female contractual employee from filing a sexual harassment complaint against Governor C V Ananda Bose on May 2, according to police reports.

Sources said the three staffers allegedly stopped the woman in the Raj Bhavan lobby while she was on her way to file a complaint. The police charged them under IPC sections 344 (wrongful confinement) and 166 (public servant disobeying law).

In May, the woman filed a complaint stating that she works at the Raj Bhavan. She reported: “On 19.4.24, Governor sir told me to take some time out and meet him with my CV. On 24.04.2024, around 12:45 pm, he called me to his office room and, after some discussion, touched me. I managed to leave the office room. He called me again today, 02.05.2024. Fearing for my safety, I took my supervisor with me to the conference room. After they discussed work for a while, he asked the supervisor to leave. He prolonged the conversation by talking about my promotion and said he would call me at night, asking me not to tell anyone. When I refused, he tried to touch me again. I protested and left.”

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