https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/hindu-group-baps-didn-t-ask-for-eiffel-women-employees-to-be-removed-probeContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/hindu-group-baps-didn-t-ask-for-eiffel-women-employees-to-be-removed-probehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/hindu-group-baps-didn-t-ask-for-eiffel-women-employees-to-be-removed-probe#u99888Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:46:00 +0000Eiffel Tower director Patrick Branco-Ruivo will leave his post at the end of the year after an investigation into the sidelining of female staff during a visit by a BAPS Hindu delegation. The probe concluded that BAPS did not explicitly request the removal of women employees. Instead, a request to avoid physical contact between religious figures and women was distorted through word-of-mouth communication, leading staff to replace female workers with men. Investigators described the resulting situation as collective dysfunction.Why it mattersThe incident centers on brahmacharya, a Hindu monasti