#MeToo Allegations: Prashant Jha Steps Down as Hindustan Times Bureau Chief, Politics Editor
NEW DELHI: The Politics Editor and Delhi Chief of Bureau of the Hindustan Times, Prashant Jha, has relinquished both roles, after allegations of sending inappropriate messages to at least one other journalist.
In an email sent to the staff, Hindustan Times Editor in Chief, R. Sukumar wrote:
"Hi All,
Prashant Jha has stepped down as the Chief of Bureau and Political Editor of Hindustan Times with immediate effect.
The bureau will report to me for the time being."
HuffPost India accessed this email from multiple sources.
Jha held multiple meetings with Sukumar, and HT's executive editor Kunal Pradhan, through the day after he was named, along with several prominent journalists, in what is being dubbed as Indian journalism's #MeToo moment.
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Three dead due to suspected toxic gas inhalation inside septic tank at Raipur hospital
Raipur, Mar 17 (PTI): Three persons died, apparently due to inhalation of toxic gases, inside a septic tank at a private hospital here late Tuesday evening, police said.
The incident took place at Ram Krishna Care Hospital in Pachpedi Naka area, a police official said.
The deceased were cleaning the tank, he said.
Police had to struggle to retrieve their bodies, said the official.
"Prima facie, it seems they died after inhaling some poisonous gas inside," he said, adding that further investigation is underway.
