A case has been registered at the Sadashiva Nagar Police Station inside Bengaluru city, Karnataka against Infosys co-founder, Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan, the former IISC director Balram and 16 others. They are being charged under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (POA Act).
The case was filed based on the directions of the 71st City Civil and Session Court (CCH). The complainant in the case belongs to the tribal Bovi community, inhabiting regions of the present state of Karnataka. Historically, the community has worked as a palanquin carrier and farm worker for 200 years. Epistemolog suggests that the community migrated to eastern India and picked up many local languages during that time.
Bovi Women play an important role in the economic, social and religious functions of the entire community. She also contributes to the family income and has a stronger voice within the household.
The Complaint Against Infosys Chief
Durgappa, the complainant, belongs to this Bovi community and is a faculty at the Centre of Sustainable Technology at the Indian Institute of Science, IISc. Durga claims that in 2014, he was falsely implicated in a honey trap case and was subsequently dismissed from his services. He added that during the time, he was subjected to casteist abuses and threats.
The other 16 booked in the case also include Govindan Rangarajan, Sridhar Warrier, Sandya Vishwswaraih, Hari K V S, Dasappa, Balaram P, Hemalata Mhishi, Chattopadyaya K, Pradeep D Sawkar, and Manoharan.
However, the case has not attracted any reaction from the IISc faculty or from Kris Gopalakrishnan, who himself serves as a member of the IISc Board of Trustees.
