Hearing on Akbar’s defamation plea to commence on Thursday
M J Akbar’s criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago, is scheduled to come up for hearing on Thursday in the Patiala House court here. Akbar resigned as Minister of State for External Affairs on Wednesday following a spate of accusations of sexual misconduct levelled by several women. His lawyer Sandeep Kapur said the legal battle would commence from Thursday and the veteran journalist-turned politician would press for the prosecution of scribe Priya Ramani against whom he filed the…
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