A woman police staffer’s attempt to lodge a complaint against her boss (DSP) for workplace harassment has apparently backfired to her.

Rekha Kunwar, deputed at Naumule Area Police Office and working at District Police Office (DPO), Dailekh, had lodged a complaint Bheri Zone Police Office against her boss Kedar Rajaure alleging that the latter harassed her. 

She said that the team that reached the DPO for investigation chided her instead in a prejudiced manner.

“I was rebuked for informing the media. I was forced to inform the media for the delay in carrying out the investigation,” she complained. “I have been subjected to torment at the hands of bosses.”

She has accused that DSP Rajaure manhandled her for no reason during the selection process of temporary police for local level elections.

Police staffers at Women Police Cell have expressed their displeasure at the tendency of torturing women instead of providing justice. “The department is bent on protecting the bosses, though the latter manhandle us in public,” said a woman police.

“Where should we go to complain, if we can’t get justice from the department? Who would give justice to lower level people like us?” she further questioned.

However, Bheri Zonal Police Chief SSP Mahesh Bikram Shaha said the investigation into the complaint is underway. The three-member probe panel is lead by Inspector Harihar Khadka. Many have expressed their surprise at the decision to depute an inspector for the investigation of a DSP. 

“This is directly an attempt to provide amnesty to the oppressor,” said INSEC representative Amar Surnar, expressing his cynicism about the possibility of justice to the victim.