Pune Infosys rape survivor: Instead of saving me, he filmed my rape

Concerns over the safety of women working at IT companies have arisen once again with the shocking rape of a 25yearold cashier at the Pune campus of Infosys on Sunday Two male housekeeping staffers followed her into the womens washroom where one of them raped her while the other filmed the entire act What has troubled the police though is why the company did not report the matter immediately instead of waiting for the survivor to approach the police the next day on her ownAlso read Woman allegedly raped in Infosys campus in Pune 2 arrestedHorror at hinjewadi The incident took place in the womens washroom at the Infosys campus at Hinjewadi Phase IThe survivor and her husband hail from a farming family in Yevatmal but moved to Pune last year in search of work after crops were hit by the drought in Marathwada While her husband is a peon at another office in Hinjewadi she found a job at Infosys as the canteen cashier last month This incident has however left her disillusioned with the city I do not want to stay in Pune any longer This city has ruined my life But I will fight to the end in the hope that the culprit will be punished she told middayPrakash Mahadik filmed the act while canteen cleaner Paritosh Bagh below raped her in the womens washroomThe survivor narrated the order of events that took place in a span of 1520 minutes after she took a break from work at 530 pm to go to the restroom The main accused mdash a cleaner at the canteen Paritosh Bagh aka Purshottam 21 mdash barged into the womens toilet and grabbed her from behindI was washing my hands when suddenly Bagh pounced on me forcibly removed my sari and raped me the 25yearold told this paperWhen she screamed for help another man entered the washroom mdash the second accused Prakash Mahadik 30 According to the police she knew him well as she would often come across him at work but when she asked him for help he instead whipped out his phone and began to film the rapeBegged for helpI was pleading with Bagh to leave me and was shouting for help when Mahadik entered the washroom He saw Bagh raping me but egged him on He locked the door from inside and began to take pictures and record videos of the incident I begged Mahadik to help said I was like his sister but he only laughed she saidAfter the incident the men threatened to make the pictures and videos public if she complained to the police Scared the survivor called her husband and asked him to pick her up As she waited at the gates for him she narrated her ordeal to a female security guard and the news of the crime spread to other employeesSome company officials approached me and told me to go home and return the next day to discuss the matter she saidShe went home with her husband but didnt tell him what had happened until much later He took her to a government hospital for a checkup and then encouraged her to lodge a complaint at the Hinjewadi police station on Monday morningSwift actionThe accused were arrested in less than an hour of the complaint being filed Bagh was charged for rape under Section 376 and both were charged under Sections 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty and 34 common intention of the IPCInspector S P Bhosale from the Hinjewadi police station said We picked up the accused at noon from their workplace We also seized the handset in which the victim was filmed Unfortunately the files had been deleted but we have handed over the handset to forensic expertsLapses at InfosysThe nature of incident is very sensitive We could not believe that the company was mum on this issue until the victim approached us The arrested duo works in the housekeeping department of the company We have questioned the company about the security lapse but they are not ready to accept responsibility They said the accused are contractual staff hired from an external agency said Inspector BhosaleThe police learnt that Bagh resides in Lala Sakar chawl in Hinjewadi but hails from West Bengal According to Assistant Police Inspector Chandrakant Suryawanshi who is conducting the probe Bagh is an employee of Tamanna Hotel the same local eatery that caters to the Infosys canteen He works at the Infosys canteen as a cleaner sometimes doubling up as the waiter and cooks assistant as wellMahadik on the other hand lives in Hinjewadi with his wife and daughter who are currently at their native place in Mahad He was hired through an agency The police have informed Mahadiks family of the crime and arrest and his wife and brother are on their way to Pune The cops are currently trying to probe whether any background check was conducted before the two accused were allowed to work at InfosysYesterday they were produced in court and remanded to police custody for a week