A third woman accuses Pachauri of sexual harassment

March 31, 2016 18:15

On Saturday, 22 March 2016, the British newspaper The Guardian published an article by the environment editor of paper, John Vidal on the sexual harassment charges against the former director general of The Energy and Resources Insititute (TERI), RK Pachauri.

In the article, Pachauri effectively claimed that the allegations against him were a conspiracy by climate-change-sceptics.In February 2015, a former employee of TERI had filed a complaint stating that she was sexually harassed by Pachauri. Following the complaint, Pachauri vacated his position. Last month, Pachauri was appointed Executive Vice-Chairman, a post specially created for him. The same month, a second former employee stepped forward and accused Pachauri of sexual harassment. Now, a third woman has spoken out. Below is an open letter received from her lawyers. Read more

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