Whistleblower of Air India staffer L.S. Sibu hopes for justice since 2016

THIRUVANANTHA-PURAM: After five long years of knocking on all doors and spending huge amounts of money to fight his case to keep his reputation intact, a whistleblower Air India staffer here is thanking God for giving him the strength to fight a fabricated sexual harassment case masterminded by the prime accused in the gold smuggling case.

L.S. Sibu, who was a union leader of Air India and was working as Officer-Apron in the Ground Services Department, Trivandrum in 2014, when he brought to the attention of the CBI, the Central Vigilance Commission and the Prime Minister about financial irregularities at Trivandrum Airport.

Starting then, Sibu's life took a turn for the worse, when he was transferred to Hyderabad effective April 2015. He had to wait till June 2015 to know the reason why he was transferred and was shocked to learn that 17 female employees had in a letter complained of sexual harassment by him. Sibu was in for more shock when the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of Air India gave him a copy of the complaint in November 2015 and found a prima facie case against him. Sibu filed a complaint before the Commissioner of Police, Thiruvananthapuram in January, 2016. After preliminary investigation it was revealed that the complaint was false, fabricated and forged.

Following the recommendation of the investigation officer. a case was registered in FIR 381/2016 at Valiyathura Police Station and it was entrusted to the Trivandrum District Crime Branch for a further probe. (IANS)

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