TVF’s Arunabh faces molestation charges, denies all accusations
In a single day, the controversy around a woman’s open letter accusing The Viral Fever’s (TVF) CEO Arunabh Kumar of molestation, has blown up.
On Monday, a story started doing the rounds of the internet where an anonymous woman alleged she had to face molestation at TVF’s office in Mumbai.
In her letter, posted anonymously under the title The Indian Uber-That is TVF, the woman wrote that the founder of the online content company allegedly molested her during her tenure at the firm. Since then, several other women have come forward with their stories of alleged harassment at TVF.
As the letter went viral, TVF issued a statement, calling the accusations “categorically false, baseless and unverified”.
Their words ‘We will leave no stone unturned to find the author of the article and bring them to severe justice for making such false allegations’ did not go down well with many commentors, who felt TVF seemed to be openly threatening the accuser.
Meanwhile, in an interview Arunabh said the woman should lodge her complaint with the police. “I would request the woman making these allegations to either report the matter to the police or to the HR team at TVF where she allegedly worked,” he said.
Performers and writers from the comedy community also voiced their opinions on the issue. While comedians Tanmay Bhat and Rohan Joshi expressed their concern on the matter, stand-up artist Aditi Mittal wrote several tweets asking the community to raise its voice.