"I spotted him again in the parking in coming nights, after a few days he stopped stalking me", says survivor. | Photo Credit: Twitter

New Delhi: The #Metoo storm is hitting the media fraternity hard. Vinod Dua, the veteran journalist who is known as the defining face of the state-run news channel Doordarshan has been accused of sexual harassment by a filmmaker named Nishtha Jain. The woman narrated her ordeal on a social media platform and claimed that he had sexually harassed her in June 1989. Notably, Dua had been known as a strong critique of accused men's behavior and as an active supporter of women rights.

The woman mentioned in her post that when she graduated from Jamia Mass communication Centre, she went for an interview with a famous TV personality, who was starting a new gig, this man was none other than Vinod Dua. When the woman entered Vinod's office, he made a lewd sexual joke in a soft voice, which the woman found derogatory and not funny. Continuing with the interview, when they began discussing her salary, she quoted an amount which was paid to the most graduates then, listening woman's desired salary, Vinod replied, "Tumhari aukat kya hai?".

The woman further mentioned in her post that she had faced sexual harassment earlier as well, but this sort of humiliation was a new experience for her. Her ordeal did not end here, when she bagged a job in another organisation, the post mentioned that Vinod somehow came to know from his friends in the industry and one night he came to the woman's office during late night hours.

The woman mentioned that she thought, he was here to apologize for his behaviour during the interview, but she was proven wrong. Vinod asked her to sit in his car before she could settle in the car, he slobbering all over her face. That day, somehow she managed to get off the car but she further mentioned, "I spotted him again in the parking in coming nights, after a few days he stopped stalking me."

The post further mentioned about the hypocritical attitude of Vinod, she said, "When I read about his outrage against Akshay Kumar's sexist words to his daughter Malika Dua, I said to myself he was no less sexist, no less misogynist, a sexual harasser and a potential rapist."

