Union minister MJ Akbar files defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani
File Photo
Union minister MJ Akbar on Monday filed criminal defamation case against Journalist Priya Ramani in Delhi’s Patiala House Court, reported news agency ANI. Ramani had accused Akbar of sexual harassment.
Akbar who is junior foreign minister had returned to India on Sunday morning. He was on an official tour to Nigeria. Later on the same day, he had strongly refuted the charges of sexual abuse by women journalists and had told media that he will initiate legal action into the matter.
He strongly rejected the allegations and had termed them to be ‘false’ and ‘fabricated’.
More than six women journalists have accused Akbar of harassment when he was an editor.
Published on: Oct 15, 2018 at 15:00 IST
By EP Web Desk
