Friday, January 06, 2006

HP Faces Negligence Charges in India over Rape And Murder of Employee

Via The BBC.

Computer giant Hewlett Packard is facing legal action in India after the rape and murder of a female employee.

Pratibha Srikanthmurthy, 24, who worked in a Hewlett Packard Globalsoft call centre in Bangalore, was killed on her way to a night shift last month.

Karnataka state government officials say an inquiry found security lapses on the part of the company.

The company denies negligence. A cab driver who gave a lift to the victim has been arrested for her murder.

The attack has sent shockwaves through the city's IT community.

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