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PDSU demands stringent punishment to lab technicians accused of sexual harassment

Kakinada, July 12 (UNI) The PDSU and PYL organizations have demanded that the Andhra Pradesh government order an in-depth probe into the alleged sexual harassment of women para medics of Rangaraya medical college by four Lab technicians.
PDSU state joint secretary B Siddhu and PYL state leader V Bhima Sankar told media persons here today that the accused four Lab technicians should not be left with the mere filing of criminal cases, but they should be awarded stringent punishment, and demanded a deeper probe into the entire episode.
They wanted the government to initiate steps to prevent recurrence of such incidents in the medical college and also elsewhere in future. "Womenfolk, especially girl students and the working women were feeling in secure all over the state," they said.
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