An unsettling incident has emerged from the Calcutta High Court, where a woman lawyer accused a clerk of molesting her inside an elevator on the court premises on September 23. The clerk, employed by another advocate, is alleged to have previously made inappropriate advances towards the lawyer.
According to the complainant, the clerk had offered to assist in expediting her cases, which she declined. Despite her refusals and warnings, the clerk purportedly continued his advances, culminating in the alleged molestation inside an empty elevator at the high court.
The incident was promptly reported by the lawyer to her colleagues, who took immediate action by confronting the accused directly in the courtroom. Reports suggest that the confrontation escalated to the point where the accused was slapped by some of the lawyer’s colleagues.
Following the courtroom altercation, the matter was taken to the nearest police station, where a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against the clerk. He has been booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for molestation and related offences.
