Shreya Ukil files suit for a million Pounds.
By Raif Karerat
A British Indian IT executive has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, claiming her boss forced her to sleep with him before suffering a mental breakdown as a result, which eventually led to her being fired.
Shreya Ukil, 39, alleges she worked in “predatory and misogynistic” culture while under the employ of Wipro. She is also adamant that male “equals” were paid double her £75,000 salary.
Ukil is now suing Wipro, and Indian firm with offices in London, for up to £1,000,000, reported the Daily Mail.
According to documents submitted to the tribunal, Indian-born Miss Ukil “submitted to aggressive sexual advances” from her married boss Manoj Punja, 54, after she transferred to London from Wipro’s Bengaluru headquarters in 2010.
She also claims she was bullied by her team leader Vinay Firake, who allegedly blocked her promotion attempts and paid her male colleagues up to £160,000-a-year.
“Women who are confident, capable and express their viewpoints are often called ’emotional,’ ‘psychotic,’ or ‘menopausal.’ Women who support them are called ‘lesbians,'” Ukil submitted in a statement to the Central London Employment Tribunal.
Earlier this year, Swedish model Hanna Bouveng, 25, was awarded $18 million by a federal jury after suing her former employer, Wall Street CEO Benjamin Wey, for sexual harassment, retaliation, and defamation.
In a case that echoes the same brand of misogyny underscored in Ukil’s workplace, Benjamin Wey, the chief executive officer of investing firm New York Global Group, was accused of using his authority to coerce Bouveng into having sex on four occasions before firing her six months later.
Wey, 43, also sought to defame Bouveng by posting articles on his blog accusing Bouveng of being a “street walker,” a “loose woman” and an extortionist, her lawyers said.
During the trial, Wey denied ever having sex with Bouveng and claimed he fired her because of her wild social life. He claimed his former assistant was extorting him, but was rebuffed by a federal jury, who disagreed.