Pune:
Against the backdrop of a 23-year-old Wipro BPO lady staffer narrowly escaping a possible abduction by an unidentified cab driver and his accomplice, the Hinjewadi Industries Association (HIA) has decided to review the issue of security and safety of women employees in the meeting scheduled next week.
The HIA is the apex body of industries in Hinjewadi with info-tech majors like Infosys, Wipro, TCS and Tech Mahindra as its core members.
Mrityunjay Singh, president of HIA and head of Infosys Pune centre, said the meeting would review the current security and safety mechanisms in place for women employees following the incident. "We will be taking up the issue in the next meeting and will identify measures to make security foolproof," he said.
The incident took place on September 19 around 3.30 pm near Nodal Point, close to Deluxe Chowk, Pimpri, when the Wipro staffer was approached by a pick-up cab bearing her company's logo. When she saw two men in the cab, she grew suspicious and asked for their identity cards and the company's roster.
The men were reportedly in an inebriated state and could not furnish the documents, prompting the lady to raise an alarm. Seeing a group of people coming towards the cab, the driver drove away hastily. Wipro has lodged a complaint in this regard with the Pimpri police and investigations are on.
There are around 60-odd IT companies in the Rajiv Gandhi IT park in Hinjewadi, who between them employ more than two lakh people. Safety and security of the women employees is one of the major concerns after a spate of crimes were reported in the recent past against lady staffers in the IT sector.
"We have already constituted a safety and security committee with eight nominated members, the idea for which was mooted a couple of months ago. The committee will be meeting next week," said Singh.
He said the member companies are aware of the issue pertaining to security and they have already set up mechanisms to prevent any untoward incident. "The member companies are IT majors that have their own safety mechanisms in place. But we will be spreading awareness on our part and taking adequate steps for the safety and security of all the employees. We will be working in tandem with the police to ensure that incidents like these are not repeated," said Singh.
Last April the HIA, in association with the city police, had created a joint task force to provide round-the-clock security at the Hinjewadi Infotech Park. It comprises two patrol vans, each with two police officers, a dog squad and four armed security personnel. These patrol vans move across the two phases of the IT park round the clock.
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