The IndusInd Bank authorities have suspended their regional manager K Surendra after getting sexual harassment complaint from a woman employee of the bank’s Bomikhal branch in the city. A Press statement released by the bank on Saturday said, “A case of inappropriate behaviour by a male employee has been received from one of our female staffs in Bhubaneswar. The accused has been suspended with immediate effect.”
The statement further stated that the bank’s internal committee formed in line with the prescribed laws, comprising senior wimen from within and outside, would investigate into the matter. Based on the findings of the committee, appropriate action would be taken against those who are found guilty of misconduct, it added. Meanwhile, the police are yet to get any information about Surendra’s whereabouts. Notably, the Commissionerate police have served a notice to Surendra to appear before the Saheed Nagar police station IIC and the zonal ACP within 14 days to record his statement in the case.