No meeting with Ramani in hotel: Akbar to court

New Delhi, December 24 Former Union minister MJ Akbar on Thursday said before a Delhi court that there was no meeting between him and journalist Priya Ramani in the hotel where she alleges that he sexually misbehaved with her. Akbar...

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Updated At : 01:05 PM Dec 25, 2020 IST

New Delhi, December 24

Former Union minister MJ Akbar on Thursday said before a Delhi court that there was no meeting between him and journalist Priya Ramani in the hotel where she alleges that he sexually misbehaved with her.

Akbar made the submission during the final hearing of a criminal defamation complaint filed by him against Ramani for accusing him of sexual misconduct 20 years ago when he was a journalist. Ramani had made the allegation of sexual misconduct against Akbar in the wake of #MeToo movement in 2018. — PTI

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