#MeToo: Post rape allegations\, TV Artists Association to issue notice to Alok Nath


#MeToo: Post rape allegations, TV Artists Association to issue notice to Alok Nath

CINTAA to issue notice to Alok Nath

Alok Nath

The Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA) after issuing an apology to Tanushree Dutta, and admitting that they did not properly address the actress’ allegations against Nana Patekar 10 years ago, have said that they will be issuing a show cause notice to veteran actor Alok Nath seeking his stand on the sexual harassment and rape allegations made against him by a noted female producer and writer.

As the #MeToo movement gained momentum in India, the writer took to Facebook and narrated her ordeal.

"I hadn't just been raped, I was taken to my own house and had been brutalized," she wrote, while adding that it was the most 'sanskari' person in the industry who did this to her.

In her post, she recounted her horror and alleged that the lead actor of her show Tara- Alok Nath harassed the female lead.

Following the alleged misconduct Alok Nath was taken off the show and things continued, wrote the writer.

However, later things went downhill for the writer as she was asked to shut down her show.

"I was insulted and humiliated by the CEO, asked to get out of his office and told that women like me should be thrown out of the country. All our shows went off air with immediate effect and my production company was made to shut down," the post read.

During the time the writer-producer was grappling with losing out on work and was invited to a party and while returning from there she encountered Alok Nath, she recounted.

"I started to walk home on the empty streets although the distance to my own house was long. Midway, I was accosted by this man who was driving his own car and he asked me to sit in it and said he would drop me home. I trusted him and sat in his car. I have faint memory after that. I can remember more liquor being poured into my mouth and I remember being violated endlessly. When I woke up the next afternoon, I was in pain. I hadn't just been raped, I was taken to my own house and had been brutalized," the post further read.

The writer also went on to say that Alok Nath continued to create a threatening environment for her even after the alleged rape.