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The Karnataka High Court recently refused to quash criminal proceedings initiated against three employees of Lifestyle International Private Limited, accused of teasing their colleague on his sexual...
A single judge bench of the Karnataka HC dismissed a plea by three executives of the apparel firm, Lifestyle International Private Limited, for quashing of an abetment to suicide case registered against them over the death of a 35-year-old visual merchandising executive, Vivek Raj, on June 4 this year in Bengaluru.
In a video posted on social media before his death, Vivek Raj said he had to endure caste-based abuse and harassment.
Vivek Raj, a graduate in design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, who worked at Lifestyle International as a visual merchandiser, died by suicide on June 4
In the video, Vivek Raj, a member of the Dalit community from Uttar Pradesh, said he was “unable to fight it anymore”. A native of Kaptanganj Basti in Uttar Pradesh, Vivek lived in Republic of Whitefield in Bengaluru's Brookfield and worked with Lifestyle International Private Limited as visual merchandiser.