Young bank executive's suicide puts scanner on toxic office culture
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- Avishek Kumar
- TNN Jul 18, 2024, 13:16 IST IST
MBA graduate who joined Axis Bank's office in Noida last October leaves note saying she faced months of harassment, including being called 'bandariya [monkey]'
A 27-year-old executive who joined Axis Bank’s operations at its branch and corporate office in Noida's Sector 128, Axis House, nine months ago died by suicide at her house last week and left a note alleging continuous harassment at work by a group of colleagues, mentioning instances where she was slandered as a “divorcee” and also called “bandariya [monkey]”.
Shivani Gupta, who worked as a relationship officer, shut herself inside her room at her house in Ghaziabad’s Sihani Gate and consumed poison around 4pm on July 12. Two hours before that, she had received a termination notice from office in her inbox.
Shivani Gupta, who worked as a relationship officer, shut herself inside her room at her house in Ghaziabad’s Sihani Gate and consumed poison around 4pm on July 12. Two hours before that, she had received a termination notice from office in her inbox.