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Mumbai Crime: Former HR Executive Arrested For Sexual Harassment Of Employee
Jun 24, 2018, 12:08 IST | Hajra Bi
He was accused of sexual harassment by former employee
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Niramay Satpute, former vice-president, human resources, WorkStore Ltd, a multi-national stationery firm, was arrested on Friday by Vanrai Police in a case of sexual harassment at the workplace.
He was released on bail later. Senior inspector of Vanrai Police Station Jyotsna Rasam confirmed the news. Last month, a 33-year-old former senior manager at the company had accused Satpute of sexually harassing her, and later, not taking cognisance of her complaint about the toxic work environment.
A complaint against Satpute under IPC section 354D and relevant IT Act sections was registered at Borivli Police Station, from where it got transferred to Vanrai police. The woman’s advocate Ajinkya Pokharkar said, “Satpute had applied for anticipatory bail in Dindoshi Court. As part of procedure, the police arrested him. Later, the court released him on a bail of Rs 15,000. We are waiting for the charge sheet to be filed and shall strategise further action accordingly.”
mid-day tried contacting WorkStore but our calls went unanswered. A source from the company revealed that an internal inquiry was done, following which Satpute was asked to leave the company.
Speaking on the matter, the woman said, “I am just happy that he was arrested. This has been a nightmare. I was too alone, too scared and too little against a giant organisation. This has reinstated my faith in the judiciary.”
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Mumbai: Over 15,000 investors cheated in the name of god
Mangalore Today/ CNN/IBN
Mumbai, Nov 23:
Another Stock Guru-like scam has been unearthed which exploited the devout. Around 15,000 investors from the Christian community were duped in an investment scheme that promised a tour to Israel for six days, investment for a divine tower, schools and hospitals for the poor.
The scheme was a perfect narrative to lure investors in the name of religion. Many from the Christian community like Clement D’Souza fell for the VCare scheme, putting their entire retirement money, only to receive nothing in return. "I invested more than Rs 18 lakh of my retirement money into this scheme," he told CNN-IBN. While the company has been sealed by the Thane Police’s Economic Offences Wing, the investors have already lost their money. Officials say the scam is to the tune of over Rs 34 crore. The promoter, Sunil Saldanha, has been chargesheeted and the case is up for hearing in courts.
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MNC Senior Official Niramay Satpute Seeks Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Harassment Case
May 17, 2018, 07:54 IST | Hajra Bi
Senior inspector Jyotsna Rasam confirmed the development and said senior officials from WorkStore had been called to the police station for inquiry
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Niramay Satpute, HR VP of stationery MNC WorkStore, filed for anticipatory bail, in the sexual harassment case against him, before the Dindoshi court yesterday. The court will hear on the application on Friday and has told the Vanrai police not to arrest him till then.
Senior inspector Jyotsna Rasam confirmed the development and said senior officials from WorkStore had been called to the police station for inquiry. A spokesperson for the company said Satpute had been asked not to come to office till the inquiry was on. “Report of the third-party committee that was set up to probe the allegation is ready; we will share it with officials concerned in a day,” added the spokesperson.
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Mumbai Crime: Woman Executive Levels Sexual Harassment Charges Against Company VP
May 11, 2018, 17:01 IST | Hajra Bi
Alleging that company did not act against VP, human resources, woman quits firm and lodges police complaint
Niramay Satpute
A 33-year-old former senior manager of a multinational stationery company has accused its human resources department’s vice-president of sexual harassment. The woman, who ran from pillar to post trying to get senior company officials to give her a hearing, in vain, finally approached the police.
She has lodged a complaint against the accused under IPC section 354D and relevant IT Act sections with the Borivli police, who have transferred the case to the Vanrai police. Senior inspector Jyotsna Rasam said they are investigating the matter thoroughly.
Narrating her ordeal, the victim said she had first interviewed for the position of senior manager at WorkStore Ltd in November 2016, and accused Niramay Satpute had taken the interview. She was not hired immediately, her CV kept for future vacancies. But Satpute allegedly initiated a WhatsApp conversation, which mid-day has accessed, with her in February 2017.
The victim said she didn’t immediately realise what his intentions were, but when the chats started taking an unpleasant turn, she warned him to stop. When he didn’t, she stopped responding to his messages in June 2017.
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Hostile work environment In December 2017, she got a call from the company for another interview. This time, the CFO and CEO interviewed her and hired her. She was given a team of four and asked to report to the CFO. Within three weeks, she said, she witnessed employees’ “carelessness” towards their work with data showing many “malpractices”. When she brought it to the CFO’s notice, she was allegedly warned not to get into such details.
The victim said that when she approached Satpute to report the matter, he refused to listen to her and called her the problem, which, she alleged, was a result of his grudge against her. With no option left, she contacted the CEO, at least five times. The company then asked her to submit all the evidence against Satpute - the sexual harassment in WhatsApp chats and his refusal to heed her warnings to stop - in a sealed envelope and send the same to the HR department of Future Group, under which the company comes.
She added that by then, her work environment had worsened, and “unable to take it”, she resigned on April 14. But when she informed that she would serve 15 days’ notice, she was asked to leave immediately, on April 18, on grounds of non-performance. Upset over the added humiliation, she went to the police on April 20.
Threat tactics The victim alleged that on April 21 she was called by the company to complete her exit formalities and meet HR officials of Future Group, but instead, she was grilled by two advocates over the police complaint she had lodged against the accused. She added she is being threatened by the company, which has caused her mental agony. She is planning to sue Future Group, and CFO, CEO and HR department of WorkStore.
A spokesperson for WorkStore said, “The group has initiated an inquiry and appointed an external person for investigating the matter and submit a report. Action will be taken accordingly.”
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customerwebsitereview-blog · 13 years ago
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Peeping Tom heart doctor is struck off
A DOCTOR who rigged up spy cameras in his bathroom to film female colleagues naked in the shower has been struck off.
By PAUL JEEVES
PUBLISHED: 00:00, Fri, Jun 22, 2012
Cardiologist Vivek Baliga, 33, hid the camera behind a pile of boxes to video women work friends who were invited to stay after nights out.
He then transferred the footage to his laptop which he would watch for his own pleasure.
Baliga, a student heart doctor, admitted three charges of voyeurism last year. He was sentenced to complete a 10-year sex offender’s programme alongside a three-year community order.
But now his disgrace is complete after he was struck off the medical register.
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel said: “The panel has concluded that your actions are fundamentally incompatible with you continuing to be a registered medical practitioner.”
Baliga was living in Horsforth, Leeds, when he invited a woman doctor and her boyfriend to stay at his home after a pre-Christmas night out in December 2009.
But while using his en-suite shower the following morning, the woman became suspicious about boxes piled against the bathroom window.
She found the recording device and immediately told her boyfriend. They fled and reported Baliga to the police, who discovered more illicit footage on his computer.
This showed the same woman showering at her own home and another woman doctor using the toilet at her home.
The footage was taken between September 2007 and December 2009.
Prosecutor Carmel Pearson told Leeds Crown Court: “They considered him a close friend. Both had considered him part of their social group and had allowed him into their homes.”
Ms Pearson said Baliga had suggested using the en-suite.
“While she was showering she discovered a video camera. It was switched on and had recorded her taking a shower. She was horrified.
“He then bombarded Miss A with texts and phone calls begging for forgiveness. His life would be ruined if she reported him to the police.”
In their judgment on Tuesday the MPTS panel said: “The offences for which you were convicted were serious and for your own sexual gratification.
“They were pre-meditated, repeated and carried out over a prolonged period of time. The panel is of the view that your actions fell far below the proper standards of conduct and the behaviour expected of a doctor.”
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customerwebsitereview-blog · 14 years ago
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Indian-origin doctor Vivek Baliga disgraced in UK
PTI|Updated: Sep 21, 2011, 02.14 PM IST
LONDON: An Indian-origin cardiologist who set up spy cameras in bathrooms to record images of his women colleagues, has been ordered to a 10-year sex offender treatment programme.
Vivek Baliga, 33, appeared before the Leeds Crown Court, where Judge Scott Wolstenholme told him that he would receive a community order for three years.
He said Baliga’s behaviour would be ‘considered by almost everyone to be disgusting and despicable’.
In addition, he said Baliga was prohibited from approaching either of the victims and he is barred from operating any device capable of recording images, the Daily Mail reported today.
Baliga, who is studying for a PhD in Leeds, pleaded guilty to three counts of voyeurism against the two doctors.
Prosecutor Carmel Pearson told the court that Baliga set up the recording devices between September 2007 and December 2009 to store the films of his two female friends on his laptop.
Pearson said: “They considered him a close friend. Both had considered him part of their social group and had allowed him into their homes.”
One of the doctors discovered she had been videoed when she visited Baliga’s home on 13 December 2009 with her boyfriend.
The defendant suggested she use the shower in his en-suite bathroom.
Pearson said: “While she was showering she discovered a video camera. It was switched on and had recorded her taking a shower. She tried to delete the images of her. She was horrified. She went back to the bedroom and told her partner. They left without speaking to the defendant. He tried to stop them from leaving. They just drove off”.
She added: “He then bombarded Miss A with texts and phone calls begging for forgiveness. His life would be ruined if she reported him to the police.”
Pearson said that after a great deal of consideration she finally reported the matter to police.
His computer equipment was seized and it was discovered that he had taken a camera to another woman’s house and installed it in her shower and a toilet.
Richard Reed, lawyer for the defendant, said his client was of previous good character and was full of “profound regret and remorse for his behaviour”.
He said the implications for him were ‘far-reaching’ with the General Medical Council investigating his behaviour.
“He has had to disclose these offences to employers and colleagues. That is enormously stressful and he now faces court,” he said.
In a text message to one of his victims, Baliga wrote: “I am thoroughly ashamed of myself. I made the biggest mistake of my life. I will never forgive myself. I will regret it forever. I have lost a good friend. I am an idiot.”
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customerwebsitereview-blog · 14 years ago
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Balkrishna Purnekar demands CBI probe into V-Care cheating case
Thane district Congress committee chief Balkrishna Purnekar has urged Maharashtra chief minister Pritviraj Chavan to order a CBI enquiry into the alleged multi crore cheating case by city-based V-Care group of companies, whose owners have been accused of duping gullible devotees in the name of God.
In a memorandum, Purnekar said the local police which had registered a complaint in the case had not done much progress since the last 3-4 months.
The company owner Sunil Saldhana and wife Rosita, are now absconding after they allegedly cheated many people in Mumbai of crores of rupees, he said.
They talked people into investing and multiplying their money with them over the years and then fled with crores of money. Many innocents have lost their life time earnings to them. Hence fast action should take against the guilty and all those involved with the V-Care fraud, the leader demanded.
Last year, several people had through consumer complaints and other websites raised their voice and warned the people about the fraud Thane company.
One Monica Musharraf from Mumbai had stated in the consumer complaints website that the company, which dealt in concept selling business, has managed to fool around 44,000 people all these years.
The company has been targetting all poor and middle class people to invest in their schemes and assured them more than three fold money in return on the amount they invested, it was alleged.
The incidents came to light when Lancy D'Souza of Andheri lodged a complaint at Naupada police station here of being cheated by the Manglorean couple.
After an FIR, police raided the company office and took into custody, directors Balraj Mallik, 32, Anju Pandey, 25, and Deepali Patil, 26. D'Souza alleged in the complaint that the Saldanha couple, who are absconding, cheated as many as 45,000 people from Mangalore, Pune, Bangalore and Dubai.
Apart from this, he also assured investors of providing them flats and a travel to Israel people, D'Souza has alleged in his complaint.
Police have registered a case under section 406, 420, 34 and are looking for the culprits.
The Saldanhas also organised the first transgender beauty queen pagaent in Mumbai recently and invited celebrities like Zeenat Aman and Celina Jaitley for the event.
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customerwebsitereview-blog · 14 years ago
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'Praise the Lord' : Mangalorean Fraudster Flees with Crores of Rupees
  Sat, Mar 26 2011 10:21:10 AM
News & Pics: Rons Bantwal Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai (SB/VA)
Mumbai, Mar 26: In this fast-paced world as much as people are turning materialistic, the need for peace through spiritual bliss and blind beliefs too has seen an increase. The trend and this naievity of people has provided the right fodder for opportunists to pose as Godmen or mediator to God in order to make some easy big money.
An incident of duping people of their money in the name of religion has been reported from here. The fraudulent duo who have fled with crores of rupees have been identified as Saldanha couple, basically from Ammembal, Sajipa, Bantwal of Dakshina Kannada district. They preached the devotional phrase, Praise the Lord and in turn also sowed the seeds of greed for money amongst thousands of gullible devotees under the company name, V-care Group of Companies. It can be recollected that Saldanha through his company had also announced first-ever Pan India Transgender taleny Contest named V-Care Indian SuperQueen at Taj President Hotel in Mumbaio Jan 11, 2010 in the presence of actress Celina jaitely, transgender Lakshminarayan Tripathi and actress of Bandit Queen fame Seema Biswas.
Saldanha with celebrities
The case of coning came to light though a bit late when Lancy D'Souza Jerimeri of Andheri East lodged a complaint at Naupada police station, Thane of being cheated by V-care Group of Companies managing director Sunil Saldanha and his wife. After registration the case through FIR, the police raided the company office and took into custody, directors Balraj Mallik (32), Anju Pandey (25) and Deepali Patil (26). Further, Lancy D'Souza has alleged in the complaint that the Saldanha couple are absconding.
It is said that Saldanha has cheated as many as 45,000 devotees stating that he is a devout as well as an entrepreneur, emotionally blackmailing them to invest in his business. Apart from this, he also has assured the investors of providing them  flats and a travel to Israel among other inducements. Among those who were influenced by his conniving words were people from Mangalore, Pune, Bangalore as well as Dubai, Lancy D'Souza has alleged in his complaint.
Police have registered a case under section 406, 420, 34 and are looking for the culprits.
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customerwebsitereview-blog · 14 years ago
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CM quota: urban development dept told to file reply
When Andheri resident Lancy D’Souza, 40, heard of a scheme where he would receive 10 times the amount he invested in a Thane firm, he thought he had hit a jackpot.
MUMBAI
Updated: Mar 23, 2011 01:34 IST
Susamma Kurian
Hindustan Times  
When Andheri resident Lancy D’Souza, 40, heard of a scheme where he would receive 10 times the amount he invested in a Thane firm, he thought he had hit a jackpot. D’Souza invested Rs6,500 in V Care, a Thane-based firm, in August 2009 and was promised Rs70,000 in 12 months.
He is among the 78 victims who lodged a complaint with the Naupada police on Monday.
The police arrested three officials, Balraj Malik, 32, Anju Pandey, 25, and Deepali Patil, 26. Sunil Saldanha, the managing director, is missing. Police suspect that nearly 40,000 people have been cheated and the total fraud could run into crores.
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