At least 150 journalists and media personalities sought WION, an English news channel run by Zee Media, to stop the employment of former Union Minister and editor MJ Akbar, who was accused of sexual harassment by several women.
In an open letter on 9 September, they also called for the Editors Guild to take up the matter.
While the media conglomerate has not officially announced his appointment, he has been attending the channel's editorial meetings since 16 August, Newslaundry first reported.
At least 12 women journalists had accused Akbar of sexually harassing them, while he was working as an editor of a newspaper, after journalist Priya Ramani called him out publicly in 2018.