While rescuers searched rubble for survivors, Yesilkent Cemetery overflowed with grieving relatives who had come from across the region
Dinesh Mittal, Group general counsel HT media said that a sexual harassment committee was looking into the allegations made against Jha by a former colleague.
"It is proper that for fair investigation, till time the investigation is complete, he (Jha) doesn't have any managerial position. A sexual harassment committee with an external member is conducting a probe into the allegations against him," Mittal told IANS.
The allegations were that Jha sent inappropriate messages on WhatsApp to the accuser. Screenshots of the conversation with Jha were also posted on Twitter.
Bhatia, a founder Editor of The Wire, said in his statement that he could not recall either the two women who had made the allegations or the incident they had mentioned.
"I forcefully deny the allegations," he said, adding that if the complainant comes up with further details, he was prepared to face an inquiry.
Several other allegations against senior journalists were made on the social media. Former DNA Editor-in-Chief Gautam Adhikari and TOI's Hyderabad Resident Editor K.R. Sreenivas also rubbished allegations against them. Allegations have also been made against Mayank Jain of Business Standard.
Meanwhile, the Network of Women in Media in India (NWMI), an organisation comprising women journalists, condemned "the rampant sexism and misogyny in Indian newsrooms" and demanded media organisations probe allegations and take appropriate actions.
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