#MeToo Movement Hits Cricket: Ex-Indian Air Hostess Accuses Former Sri Lankan Captain Arjuna Ranatunga of Sexual Harassment (Read Facebook Post)
The woman happens to be the same person who had alleged that the singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya had molested her too. Read the shocking details that she has divulged!
#MeToo movement in India found a strong foothold when a Bollywood actress alleged that veteran Nana Patekar had misbehaved with her on the sets of a film during a dance sequence in 2008. Since then, a lot of people have come forward and narrated the horrific incidences they have braved through. In a recent revelation, an ex-Air India air hostess has claimed that former Sri Lanka cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga physically assaulted her.
On her social media account, the woman mentioned about the ordeal she had to go through when Sri Lanka’s World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga had sexually harassed her. She had also written about how she was shunned off when she approached the concerned hotel authorities.
In her Facebook post, the former Air India hostess wrote, “My star struck colleague spotted Indian and Sri Lankan cricketers in the elevator of Hotel Juhu Centaur, Mumbai and decided to meet them in their room for autographs. I decided to chaperone her, fearing for her safety, we were offered drinks (perhaps laced) I declined and stuck to my bottle of water I'd brought along. They were 7 and we 2; they latched the room door putting the chain secure. My discomfort was growing inside of me; I urged her to get back to our room…”
“…Ranatunga grabs me by waist, sliding his hands along the side of my breasts, I scream fearing the worst, kicking on his legs and feet. Threatening him of dire consequences, passport cancellation, reporting it to the cops etc., for he is a Sri Lankan misbehaving with an Indian. Wasting no time, I dashed for the hotel reception a good run on an incline screaming on top of my voice. The reception said ‘it is your private matter’, and that they can't help me!”
Read the full Facebook post of ex-Air India hostess alleging that former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga sexually harassed her:
She signed off saying, “#5 - #12 some other day. Each story brought me many a raised eyebrows; no one believed my story. Luckily the man I married DID and still DOES and had helped me out of my emotional maelstrom.”
The woman happens to be the same person who alleged that singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya had molested her too. In the same Facebook post, she has opened up about few of her the horrific encounters she had been a victim of!
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