The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri now goes on a leave to prepare his response on the sexual harassment allegation in the recently trending “me too” movement.
According to ESPNcricinfo, Johri is now preparing his response on the recent allegation after taking a leave from his role, while the Committee of Administrators (CoA) is now taking the daily charges of BCCI management.
Earlier, through an anonymous post that shared by the author Harnidh Kaur, Johri has been accused of misbehaving and sexual assault to a woman during their working days with a satellite channel.
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Though that incident didn’t happen during Johri’s BCCI tenure, the CoA has demanded his explanation on this matter within a week.
Talking on that, CoA chairman Vinod Rai told, “It is a purely anonymous complaint. It is on an unknown Twitter handle and it pertains to a period much before he [Johri] joined BCCI. The CoA felt it would only be fair to us and him that we give him a chance to explain.”
After this accusation, Johri was asked to skip the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) chief executives’ meeting in Singapore. BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary replaced him to attend the two-day meeting.
According to PTI, Rai stated on Johri’s preparation for his explanation, “Rahul had sought 14 days for a detailed explanation as he said that he is working with his legal team and since he was to attend ICC Meeting from 16-19 October in Singapore. But I clearly told Rahul that I cannot let this issue simmer for 14 days as the BCCI office will be affected by it. Since he wants to sit with his lawyers now, I allowed him exemption from ICC Meeting.”
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Apart from CoA, the BCCI’s legal team will also judge Johri’s explanation. If needed, the Complaints Committee can also join in this judgement. On this April, the Complaints Committee was formed under the Sexual Harassment against Women at Workplace Act 2013.
