Another account has surfaced in the wake of the #MeToo movement against sexual predators amid accusations against powerful men including union minister MJ Akbar, actors Nana Patekar and Alok Nath, and director Sajid Khan.
Another account has surfaced in the wake of the #MeToo movement against sexual predators amid accusations against powerful men including union minister MJ Akbar, actors Nana Patekar and Alok Nath, and director Sajid Khan.
An anonymous account posted on Firstpost.com, ostensibly written by a JNU student, has accused an activist who was involved in the Kathua rape case of raping her.
The JNU student, who doesn’t name the activist said she was raped and that her rapist tried to justify his actions by saying he’d do ‘nikkah with her’.
She writes she physically wrestled her accuser, that it wasn’t a ‘feeble no’, but her mocked her saying ‘tum bohot nazuuk ho (You are too delicate)’.
She wrote: “That night, mine was NOT a feeble no. I threatened to expose him to all my friends in JNU, I pleaded with him, I even physically wrestled against his brute strength; but my resistance seemed too frail compared to his brutality. I remember crying in pain; but instead, he mocked me, saying “Tum bohot naazuk ho.” All the while he raped me, he kept insisting that he would do “nikaah” with me, as if by declaring his intention to marry he would legitimise what he was doing.”
While the name of the activist hasn’t been mentioned, SC advocate Indira Jaising was quoted saying by The Leaflet that the accuser was Talib Hussain, and she’d not appear for him in court.
She wrote: “Although the survivor has not named the person who raped her, the obvious reference is to Talib Hussain.”
Indira Jaising further wrote: “ In the light of the article published today in FirstPost, I do not intend to continue to appear on behalf of Talib Hussain anymore. I take the decision in view of my full support of the #MeToo movement.”
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has asked the National Commission for Women to probe expeditiously all complaints of sexual harassment received by them under #MeToo movement.
"I have asked NCW to probe expeditiously each and every complaint of sexual harassments of women at workplace," Gandhi told reporters Thursday.
Meanwhile, in the wake of many women coming forward with complaints of their sexual harassments at workplace under the #MeToo campaign, the NCW has created a dedicated email ID to receive their complaints.
"The Commission urges women, who have come forward on social media and other platforms about their alleged harassments, to send their formal written complaints to ncw.metoo@gmail.com, the NCW said in a statement. The #MeToo movement in India began with actor Tanushree Dutta accusing veteran actor Nana Patekar of harassing her during shooting of a film in 2008, leading to more and women following her step and coming forward with their complaints against men at workplace, including the entertainment and media.
Journalist-turned-politician M J Akbar had to resign as the minister of state for external affairs on Wednesday following a spate of complaints of alleged sexual harassment by him to young women journalists during his tenure as editor of various media publications.
Akbar has denied the allegations and has dragged one of the complainants to the court with a criminal defamation case.
Other prominent personalities who have been accused of sexual misconduct include Subhash Ghai, Sajid Khan, Alok Nath, Suhel Seth and Jatin Das, all of whom have denied the allegations even as several women have spoken out against them.
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