Abhijeet Bhattacharya¡¯s Defence On Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Him Is Shocking
The #MeToo movement is gathering force in India. The storm has arrived and more and more women are calling out the rich and powerful men who took advantage of their power and sexually harassed and abused them.
After Tanushree Dutta¡¯s allegations against Nana Patekar, many including Vikas Bahl, AIB group members, Rajat Kapoor, Kailash Kher and ¡°most Sanskari¡± man of Bollywood have been accused of sexual misconduct. Joining the bandwagon is Abhijeet Bhattacharya, on whom sexual harassment allegations have been levied by a flight attendant.
The woman has claimed that the singer sexually harassed her 20 years ago at a pub in Kolkata, ¡°almost kissing and nibbling me on my left ear.¡±
"#AbhijeetBhattacharya grabbed me by wrist and pulled me closer for refusing to dance or get intimate with him .
This was the summer of 1998 , at the Anticlock - a nightclub in Hotel Hindustan International ,Kolkata - a place most of us Flight Attendants would frequent to unwind .
He was a friend of my roomie Shireen Singh that night. While she lay curled up in bed at the crew hotel ( The Park ) she asked me to inform Abhijeet ( who was waiting at the hotel lobby ) that she'd join him in a bit .
This was the first time I was talking to him , I ain't a star struck or star crazy chick at all , so delivering the message was no big deal and I went about doing my thing . As I proceeded to take the dance floor , Sanjay Dutta ( the inhouse DJ) was playing the grooviest music . Abhijeet came closer and wanted to dance with me , with no intent to get into any dialogue with him , I just turned my back and started dancing looking at the mirror . Minutes later we decided to go pub crawling and left for Anticlock ,HHI .
Oblivious to the fact that he followed me here , He twists my wrist , pulling me towards him and screaming in my ear ," bitch what do you think of yourself , wait till I teach you a lesson " , almost kissing and nibbling me on my left ear ... I pushed him and ran to the DJ console to get him to shut the music down .
The hotel knew me well and backed me up Abhijeet was banned from visiting HHI for a month , the Asian Age covered the story with my reference and photo on the front page ? ."
Abhijeet Bhattacharya was soon contacted by Indian Express. And in his defense, what he gave was the most ridiculous response.
Talking to Times Now, the Abhijeet Bhattacharya said that fat and ugly girls are blaming him. Moreover, he said that he wasn¡¯t even born at that time.
