Chetan Bhagat Accused Of Sexual Harassment, Says He Misread The Friendliness
Looks like the storm is not ready to slow down anytime soon. Ever since, Tanushree Dutta spoke against Nana Patekar, many more cases have come out. From filmmaker Vikas Bahl to former AIB employee Utsav Chakraborty, India is on its own #MeToo movement.
And in a fresh set of events, Indian author Chetan Bhagat has now been accused of sexual misconduct too. A woman shared a conversation with Chetan on Twitter where he was trying to woo her while she stuck to the fact that he's kidding and he's married.
Attaching screenshots, the woman has called out to the writer.
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— ? Sheena (@weeny) October 5, 2018
And now, Chetan has accepted that this conversation did happen years ago and has come out with an explanation. Check it out.
He apologised to the girl and even asked Anusha, his wife, for forgiveness. Ironically, just two days ago, Chetan Bhagat supported Tanushree and said it would be wrong to reduce the 's sexual harassment allegations against Nana Patekar to a "he said, she said" story.
Bhagat said it has become a broader issue and needs to be addressed for good now.
Courtesy: www.indiatimes.com
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
