In more embarrassment for former Teri boss R.K.
In more embarrassment for former Teri boss R.K. Pachauri, a European woman, who claimed to be his former secretary, has now accused him of sexual harassment after two women who worked at the environment think-tank had levelled similar charges against him.
In a letter to well-known advocate Vrinda Grover, who is representing the complainant in the sexual harassment case against the eminent environmentalist, the woman said she had worked at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as Dr Pachauri’s secretary in 2008. She had contacted Ms Grover in February 2015 after she came to know of an FIR against Dr Pachauri in a sexual harassment case.
Dr Pachauri’s lawyer Ashish Dixit termed the complaint a “conspiracy” to defame his client and questioned why every time such a case came up it was Ms Grover who gave statements and there were no police complaints.
Taking to a news agency, Mr Dixit said: “It is a conspiracy by Vrinda Grover to defame Pachauri. Every time a woman is said to make allegations, it is only to press, not to police or court. Why is that every woman comes and reports to Vrinda Grover. There is some conspiracy. It only happens when there is some court hearing. There is a matter coming up. To prejudice the judges these types of reports are aired.”
Mr Dixit said: “The serious question is why every girl who has no identity approaches Grover and she is the one who gives statement to media. Is there no police or no court.”
Ms Grover had sent to media houses the statement of the woman who said that in the third week of February 2015, I had read some news reports which said that an employee of Teri had filed a criminal complaint against Pachauri for sexually harassing her.
“On reading these news reports, I was 0 percent surprised. I can very much relate to what the other women wrote in her statement.”
