MUMBAI: The #MeToo outings of predatory sexual behaviour by men in positions of power across sectors in India is spreading deeper and wider by the day. The latest to hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons is Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri.
A woman who goes by the Twitter handle “@PedestrianPoet has accused Johri of sexual harassment.
She took to the micro-blogging site to share screenshots where she has explained the entire incident.
“had emails sent about a BUNCH of head honchos in media. survivor has asked to not put out all the names. Rahul Johari, your #timesup #metoo pic.twitter.com/L78Ihkk1u0
— hk {on a hiatus} (@PedestrianPoet) October 12, 2018.”
This comes just days after there were reports of Sri Lankan cricketers Arjuna Ranatunga and Lasith Malinga being accused due to the same.
Johri, before taking over as BCCI CEO was serving as the vice president and general manager of Discovery Networks Asia Pacific.
Johri has been named in a Twitter post by author Harnidh Kaur, who shared screenshots of a detailed account of the victim on her Twitter handle @PedestianPoet.
Johri was not immediately available for comment, IANS reports.
The victim levelled allegations against Johri saying he had taken her to his place where he said “the final part” of an interview would take place.
“Rahul Johri: Currently the CEO of BCCI – Ex Discovery Channel. Rahul was an ex-colleague. Through the times of partying at Raj’s house, then building a successful media business, and then wading through other channels — Rahul kept in touch with me,” read the screenshot on Kaur’s handle.
During a discussion on possible job, he suddenly got up and asked Kaur to accompany him to his home. She knew his wife, having socially met and invited the couple to her home earlier for dinner. When they reached his house, he took out the key to unlock the door to which Kaur said why he did not inform her that his wife was not home, only to be told what was there to inform.
In the house, after she asked for water, he came to her with his pants down and assaulted her. “Till date I have borne the burden of this sordid incident, blaming myself for this — I have wondered if I had showed I was needy, I don’t think so — but it’s all hazy and confused in my head.
“For years, I have told myself — that was so cheap of me — but the truth is, it was so sudden and so manipulated that I had no chance at even knowing what the hell this was,” the victim further wrote.
Johri took over as the CEO of BCCI in April 2016.
