India, April 5 -- A private marketing firm in Kerala has been accused of extreme workplace harassment towards its underperforming employees. It allegedly forced them to walk on their knees like chained dogs and lick coins from the floor.

The state's labour department has ordered a probe into the allegations of degrading treatment after disturbing visuals from the workplace were aired on local television channels, reported PTI.

Kerala's labour minister, V Sivankutty, has ordered the district labour officer to submit an immediate report on the incident.

Visuals from the marketing firm purportedly showed a person using a leash to force a man to crawl on his knees on the floor like a dog. Employees told local TV channels, as per ANI, that ...