TVF Sexual Harassment

A magistrate court here has acquitted The Viral Fever (TVF) founder Arunabh Kumar in a sexual harassment case of 2017, ruling that there was an unexplained and unreasonable delay in filing the First Information Report. It can be said the complaint was filed out of grudge or business rivalry, the court noted. Based on the complaint of a former employee, the Andheri police had in 2017 registered a case against Kumar under Indian Penal Code Sections 354 A (causing sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman). Kumar, an IIT graduate, founded TVF in 2011. Metropolitan Magistrate (Andheri court) A I Shaikh acquitted Kumar in September this year. A detailed order was available recently. As per the prosecution, the alleged incident took place in 2014. The complaint was filed three years after the incident as the complainant came across other women making similar allegations on social media. The magistrate in his order held that there is no .

> Arunabh Kumar, the founder and CEO of Tiger Global-backed online media startup The Viral Fever (TVF), has stepped down from the position saying that the allegations of sexual harassment against him are hurting the company. "In the wake of the recent personal attacks, what really breaks me is the blemish on the brand's true promise. I have therefore taken the decision to step down as CEO of TVF," Kumar said in a statement released on his Twitter handle on Friday Kumar added that Dhawal Gusain, who has been working with TVF for two years, will take over as CEO, while he will continue to be available as a mentor to the content team. The Mumbai Police on March 29 had registered a case of sexual harassment against Kumar, based on a complaint filed by a former female employee. He had received anticipatory bail soon after on the condition that he would remain available whenever needed by the Police. Following this, another case of sexual harassment was filed in Mumbai against Kumar. ...