An Indian American engineer says he was fired last year from his long-time job with a Huntsville missile defense contractor after he was heard speaking Hindi on the telephone.
Indian American, fired by Huntsville contractor for talking with dying relative in Hindi, files lawsuitA 78-year-old Indian American engineer in Huntsville, Anil Varshney filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination by his defense missile contractor after he was fired when a white employee overheard him speaking Hindi to his dying brother-in-law.
In a response filed with the court on July 24, Parsons “denies it engaged in any of the wrongdoing alleged by Plaintiff or that Plaintiff is entitled to any relief whatsoever.” In its response, Parsons also asks for the suit’s dismissal with prejudice, and that Varshney pay its attorneys’ fees and costs.
“I love this great country and state, which I have called my home for over 50 years,” Varshney said in a prepared statement. “I have devoted my life to strengthening the defense of this nation. Our kids, all proud American citizens raised in Alabama, are Rhodes Scholars, senior corporate executives, and physicians.”But that did not prevent him from experiencing a series of microaggressions because of his nationality, Varshney claims.
And yet Varshney, who “speaks with a strong accent,” the suit states, “was the target of ethnically charged and ageist comments and actions multiple times by younger, white employees of defendants.” On Monday, September 26, 2022, according to the suit, Varshney was working on the second floor of the MDA building when he “received a video call from his elderly brother-in-law, Mr. K.C. Gupta, [who] was on his deathbed in India and called to say goodbye to Varshney.
“There was no confidential or classified information anywhere near the call,” the suit alleges. “The cubicle where Mr. Varshney accepted the video call was completely empty with no office material or wall hangings in the cubicle, and there was no confidential information being exchanged nearby.” About a week later, according to the lawsuit, Varshney was on his way to work when he received a call from his Parsons supervisor. His “privileges at MDA [had] been revoked”, he allegedly was told, and to meet the supervisor at the office. “When Varshney arrived, and MDA security personnel met him in the lobby, escorted him to his cubicle, and instructed him to pack up his personal belongings,” the suit states.
Varshney was being terminated “effective immediately”. The lawsuit states: “[T]here [was] no discussion with Varshney, much less any kind of legitimate investigation.” “Defendants have since admitted that they made no attempt to investigate the truth or veracity of any of the allegations against Varshney or to determine whether any security violation had ever been committed by Varshney,” the lawsuit states. “Instead, they falsified the reasons for Mr. Varshney’s termination and/or relied on a falsified report that Mr.
Notwithstanding the copious claims made in the suit, Varshney wanted to return to work—at Parsons. But was unsuccessful.
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