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Documentary filmmaker Nishtha Jain levelled allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against veteran journalist Vinod Dua. She took to Facebook and alleged that Dua told her a ‘lewd joke’, was once ‘slobbering all over’ her face and was ‘stalking’ her too.
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She told The Indian Express, “I spoke to my brother and two lawyer friends about it, but desisted from lodging a complaint because I didn’t think I could pursue it legally. I knew that we could go to court for serious crimes such as rape, but how could I make a case about humiliation?”
Dua, who hosts a show called Jan Gan Man Ki Baat on The Wire, told the Indian Express, “I am in consultation with my lawyers and colleagues and will issue a public statement today or tomorrow.”
Jain wrote, “I left home with a fair amount of confidence for a job interview with a famous TV personality who had had a very popular show called Janvani… Before I could settle down he began telling a lewd sexual joke.” She also alleged, “I would work late and when I’d leave the office building in F Block, Connaught Place, Dua would be waiting for me outside. He was stalking me. This is much before cell phones – how did he know I was working till late if he hadn’t asked somebody in my office about my schedule?”
Vinod Dua’s daughter, Mallika Dua, said in a statement, “If at all my father is truly guilty of what you described, it is unacceptable, traumatic and painful. I am in solidarity with the movement and in support of the voices but your dragging my name into this was in terrible taste… This is my dad’s battle, I will let him fight it and I will stand by him.”
— Mallika Dua (@MallikaDua) October 14, 2018
Jain also took to Facebook to ask her supporters to not attack Mallika. “I don’t think Mallika Dua is responsible for her father’s actions but I hope she empathises with me in the same way she has with other women who have spoken up against their harassers.”
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