Pratibha Srikanth Murthy, an employee of the business process outsourcing arm of Hewlett Packard in Bangalore, was raped and murdered by the driver of the company-commissioned cab she was travelling in on her way to work in the wee hours of Tuesday.
This has sent shivers down the spine of BPO workers, their kin, and the Indian IT industry.
Women account for about 40 per cent of the 350,000 call centres employees in India. IT sector bodies, politicians and the police have now urged companies to offer better security to BPO workers.
Should women work night shifts? Or do you feel the Bangalore murder is just a one-off incident of crime?
Do you think women employees in call centres are given adequate security? What can be done to ensure better safety of BPO workers?
Tell us what you think.