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Here’s What Has Happened Till Now In TVF Founder, Arunabh Kumar’s Molestation Controversy

byVinay Devnath
14th March 2017
3 minute read

Susan Fowler, an ex-Uber employee, sent shockwaves across the Internet when she leveled sexual harassment claims against her former bosses at Uber.

Now an anonymous user with the username Indian Fowler, inspired by Susan Fowler, came out with her own harassment story in a blog named The Indian Uber – That is TVF.

She alleged that TVF founder Arunabh Kumar molested her for over 2 years. In her own words, “the molestations were a routine.”

“Right from Pitchers to Tripling, I was molested. Be it in parties where Arunabh would try to lift me or would try and fall on me pretending he is drunk.”

The blog created an uproar on the Internet. Many people took to Twitter to discuss the subject further –

1. Amit Golani, who works for TVF came out in support of Arunabh

https://twitter.com/GolOpinions/status/841248224878948352

 

2. Comedian Aditi Mittal also pitched in

 

3. AIB comedian Ashish Shakya also commented on the matter

 

4. Tanmay Bhat expressed what he went through yesterday

 

5. Nidhi Bisht of TVF said that this was an attempt to defame Arunabh and TVF.

 

Aayushi Agarwal, a non-anonymous person, came forward and used her real profile to talk about how even she faced the same problem at TVF. She even alleged that TVF is NOT a place for women at all.

 

On the same post, TVF vehemently denied the accusations. They went on to even say that they will get to the bottom of this, find the writer and bring her to ‘severe justice.’

 

After Aayushi Agarwal commented, more women started speaking up. Rafiya Khan and Reema Sengupta wrote two FB posts about it.

 

Rafiya Khan has alleged that Arunabh Kumar ‘slid his hands’ on her back ‘from the neck to her waist’.

You can read her whole post here –

 

And Reema Sengupta claims about how he would put ‘his hand on her hand’ and other inappropriate things –

You can read her whole post here –

An IIT batchmate of Arunabh Kumar, Reshma Patra came forward with her incident. She alleged that he asked her to ‘come home with him and dance naked for him.’

You can read her whole post here –

Some users on Twitter called out TVF for their ‘threatening’ statement.

 

And again

 

An anonymous Twitter account holder got in touch with other women who had suffered similar sexual harassment and encouraged them to speak out and DM him. Here are the private DM screenshots –

 

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Arunabh challenged the victim to come out and lodge a formal complaint. He still denies any wrongdoing and gave an outrageous statement to Mumbai Mirror today.

Whether you believe in the allegations or not, there should be an independent and impartial investigation into the claims because the claims are very serious and one too many.

We will keep you updated about the story as it unfolds. Watch this space for the updates.

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