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Swarajya Staff
Oct 10, 2018, 10:58 AM | Updated 10:58 AM IST
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As the #MeTooIndia movement gathers momentum, turning the harassment spotlight on several celebs, the latest unearthing of sexual misconduct is directed at Varun Grover, the writer-comedian.
Varun Grover, an alumnus of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is being levelled charges by another BHU student in a series of tweets, alleging that he tried to harass her on the pretext of working in a play.
Varun Grover. Man. Why. #metoo #believeher #timesup pic.twitter.com/ZSczpo4PMJ
— hk {on a hiatus} (@PedestrianPoet) October 9, 2018
Varun quickly dismissed it, denying all allegations and tweeting that he would soon issue a detailed statement. He later tweeted a detailed explanation, saying, "Here's my detailed statement about the completely fabricated, misleading, and defamatory allegations against me. Am absolutely willing to cooperate and clear my name. Let's not allow such agenda-driven tactics to derail this movement please."
Here's my detailed statement about the completely fabricated, misleading, and defamatory allegations against me. Am absolutely willing to cooperate and clear my name. Let's not allow such agenda-driven tactics to derail this movement please. pic.twitter.com/VTFeIjygcl
— वरà¥à¤£ (@varungrover) October 9, 2018
Varun has been a vocal supporter of the #MeToo movement, tweeting support on multiple occasions. His collaborators Anurag Kashyap, for whom he wrote Sacred Games, Raman Raghav 2.0 among other projects and Neeraj Ghaywan for whom he wrote Masaan, came out in support of him.
It's appalling how such slanderous allegations are trying to sabotage the #MeToo movement in India. Varun is someone who is truly putting his weight and career behind for this movement. It is horribly irresponsible of whoever is behind this to malign him.
— Neeraj Ghaywan (@ghaywan) October 9, 2018
This man I have known so closely and so so long that I refuse to believe any allegations about him . #believethevictim and investigate the claims and also be careful to not let vested interests sabotage a long pending genuine movement https://t.co/A4bkVgF9Hb
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) October 9, 2018
Neeraj, however also said his response might be emotional and that its the version of truth he chooses to believe in.