Pressure to convert, forced exit: Wipro Pune e employee's charges against boss

Key points

• Weeks after several woman employees at a TCS facility in Nashik alleged sexual abuse and forced religious conversion, a similar case has surfaced in Pune, where a former Wipro employee has accused her female boss of mental harassment, pressure to convert to Islam and forcing her out of her job.
• Reacting to the allegations, Wipro said it is cooperating with investigators and maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards harassment and discrimination of its employees.
• The woman, who worked as a project manager, has alleged she was subjected to sustained mental harassment by her Bengaluru-based supervisor in Pune's IT hub of Hinjewadi.
• She claimed that another colleague, who allegedly pressured her to convert to Islam and enter into a relationship.
• According to her complaint, she was promised marriage and opportunities to settle abroad if she accepted the proposal.