Two persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 25-year-old married woman working at the canteen on the Infosys campus in Rajiv Gandhi IT Park in Hinjewadi. In her complaint, the woman has alleged that housekeeping staff Paritosh Bagh raped her on Sunday, while his colleague Prakash Mahadik clicked their pictures and threatened to circulate them.

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Bagh and Mahadik, contractual workers who work for the housekeeping section of the company, have been booked under IPC Section 376 (rape). On Tuesday, they were produced before the court which remanded them in police custody.

Inspector (crime) A T Waghmale of Hinjewadi police station said, “According to the FIR, the complainant had gone to the washroom located near the canteen when Bagh entered the washroom and raped her. Mahadik entered the washroom at the same time and clicked their pictures. The two then allegedly threatened to circulate the pictures if she told anyone about what had happened. The incident took place on

The victim reported the matter to a female security guard of the company who helped her to lodge the complaint on Monday, said police.

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Infosys has, meanwhile, said in an official statement, “With regard to the alleged incident at our Pune campus involving our partners’ contractual staff, we are investigating the matter and are working closely with the police to aid their investigation. We have stringent security measures in place on all our campuses and have a zero tolerance policy against sexual harassment which extends to our contractual staff as well. The company will take necessary action as per policy.”