Akbar Opened The Door With Underwear, Ex-Colleague Speaks Out
- 16-Oct-2018
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A day after Union minister M J Akbar filed a criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani over sexual harassment allegations, another former colleague of his on Tuesday came forward to make similar charges.
Tushita Patel, who was part of the team that started The Asian Age, headed by Akbar, spoke about three separate incidents, one in which he had greeted her in his underwear and twice when he had forcibly kissed her.
The number of women who have now made sexual harassment allegations, including assault, against the former editor is over ten.
According to Patel, the first incident took place in 1992, when she was a trainee at The Telegraph in Kolkata. Akbar, who was The Telegraph Editor, had quit to join politics in 1989. She said she met him the first time with friends, and that later, he had persuaded her to meet him at his hotel for some “work-related discussion”.
