#MeToo: Film-maker Nishtha Jain accuses Vinod Dua of sexual
NEW DELHI , OCTOBER 14, 2018 23:06 IST
Vinod Dua. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu
As part of the ongoing #MeToo India campaign, Senior journalist Vinod Dua has been accused by film-maker Nishtha Jain for allegedly sexually harassing her in 1989 when she had just graduated from the Jamia Mass Communication Centre.
In a Facebook post, Ms. Jain says she had attended an interview with Mr. Dua, who was starting a new venture. When she went to his office, he allegedly cracked a joke with sexual overtones and later humiliated her.
A few days after the incident, Mr. Dua reportedly came late at night to the organisation where she was working. Ms. Jain writes that he asked her to get inside his car. She says in the post, that she thought that he was there to apologise for his behaviour during the interview. But instead, he sexually assaulted her in his car, Ms. Jain alleged. She accused Mr. Dua of stalking her for the next few days. “I spotted him again in the parking in coming nights, after a few days he stopped stalking me,” she says in the post.
In a response to these allegations, Mr. Dua, who works for a news portal The Wire said, “I am consulting my colleagues and lawyers and will be issuing a statement soon.”
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NEW DELHI , OCTOBER 14, 2018 23:06 IST
Vinod Dua. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu
As part of the ongoing #MeToo India campaign, Senior journalist Vinod Dua has been accused by film-maker Nishtha Jain for allegedly sexually harassing her in 1989 when she had just graduated from the Jamia Mass Communication Centre.
In a Facebook post, Ms. Jain says she had attended an interview with Mr. Dua, who was starting a new venture. When she went to his office, he allegedly cracked a joke with sexual overtones and later humiliated her.
A few days after the incident, Mr. Dua reportedly came late at night to the organisation where she was working. Ms. Jain writes that he asked her to get inside his car. She says in the post, that she thought that he was there to apologise for his behaviour during the interview. But instead, he sexually assaulted her in his car, Ms. Jain alleged. She accused Mr. Dua of stalking her for the next few days. “I spotted him again in the parking in coming nights, after a few days he stopped stalking me,” she says in the post.
In a response to these allegations, Mr. Dua, who works for a news portal The Wire said, “I am consulting my colleagues and lawyers and will be issuing a statement soon.”
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