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Infosys has reportedly announced a compensation of Rs. 1 crore to the family of Rasila Raju O P, the techie who was killed on Sunday by a security guard on its Pune campus. Rasila’s relatives said that Infosys on Monday promised to pay Rs.1 crore as ex-gratia, apart from provident fund and gratuity.
“The company will also make all efforts to provide an offer of employment to a blood relative based on educational qualification,” it said.
“In the tragic event of the demise of any employee under unfortunate circumstances, as happened in this instance with our employee, OP Rasila, in Pune, Infosys ensures that the next of kin of the deceased employee does not suffer financially in any way,” Infosys said in a statement issued tonight.
Sources in the company told reliable sources that as a policy, Infosys does not to disclose further details of the compensation. Even in past incidents of accidents, victims’ families were compensated, but the company did not announce it officially. However, pictures of an MoU on the compensation, signed by Infosys and Rasila’s relatives, were circulating on social media on Tuesday.
The mortal remains of software engineer Rasila Raju, 25, were cremated today at her house at Payimbra ,near Kuruvattoor in Kozhikode district in presence of a large number of people.
She was found murdered at the Infosys office in Pune on Sunday and Police had on Monday arrested Bhaben Saikia, a security guard from a private security services firm deployed at the Infosys campus, in connection with the murder.
