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Network Rail Employee Wins Racial Harassment Case

4/8/2026

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Story summary
  • Parmjit Bassi, a Network Rail employee, won a racial harassment and unfair dismissal case at the Southampton Employment Tribunal.
  • The case centered on an anti-Islam leaflet found in his locker, ruled racial harassment, though Bassi was not Muslim.
  • Colleagues placed a newspaper detailing a knife attack in his boot.
  • The tribunal criticized Network Rail's management for inaction, noting ongoing intimidation and Bassi's dismissal in April 2021.