An Air India flight attendant has reported years of alleged sexual harassment by a senior airline official to India’s aviation minister and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The woman claims her predator’s behaviour is as bad as disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
She says she has endured six years of harassment and discrimination and wrote to the government after inaction by airline management.
The aviation minister Suresh Prabhu has responded by ordering Air India ‘to immediately address this issue.’
In the complaint, the woman said ‘the senior executive over the last six years has sexually harassed, tortured and discriminated against me…. this senior executive is a predator’.
"He has insulted and denied me positions and privileges after I rejected his advances… he has made my life a misery at work and continues to do so."
She said her complaint to Air India’s management was brushed aside without any action taken.
"I used the internal processes because I did not want to attract publicity or attention… but six years of torture and nine months of tortuous delay and cover-ups have left me frustrated.
"Other women have been through this with the same senior executive."
The flight attendant cited comments from the female chair of the committee, which investigated the complaint, who said: "You know how he talks. He has even flirted with me like this so many times."
The complainant has said that she will reveal the name of the executive once she meets the aviation minister. Air India has declined to comment on the matter.
