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Assam News Channel Editor-in-Chief Faces Sexual Harassment Charges

A Delhi-based journalist has filed a complaint of sexual harassment against two senior journalists.

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A Delhi-based female journalist working for a Guwahati news channel, Assam Talks, has filed a complaint of sexual assault and sexual abuse against two senior journalists.

The 35-year-old journalist has alleged that her Editor-in-Chief, Atanu Bhuyan, tried to force her to sleep with an Assam political leader when he visited a Delhi hotel, according to The North East Today.

The second accused is Luit Neil Don, the Delhi correspondent of News Live, a Guwahati-based news channel. The victim alleges that Don had coerced her into a relationship under the false pretext of a job and marriage.

An FIR at Delhi’s Rajouri Garden Police Station under Sections 376/354/509/34 of the IPC. A Delhi Police team is camping in Guwahati to arrest Bhuyan.

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