YRF’s Business Head Ashish Patil sent on ‘administrative leave’ after sexual harassment allegations

YRF’s Business Head Ashish Patil sent on ‘administrative leave’ after sexual harassment allegations

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 05:30 AM IST
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Yash Raj Films’ Talent and Business Head Ashish Patil who was recently accused of sexual harassment on an anonymous woman has been sent on an administrative leave by the production house. The woman had alleged Ashish of doing sexual misconducts with her. She revealed the shocking details in an interview with Zoom TV.

Coming back to the instant action by YRF, in a response, the production house confirmed that in the wake of the allegations against him, Patil had been sent on an administrative leave. The spokesperson of YRF said, “Ashish Patil has been asked to proceed on administrative leave till YRF thoroughly investigates the allegations levelled on him. YRF has earnestly requested the survivor to kindly step forward and share her account of the incidents to the Presiding Officer of our Internal Complaints Committee who would maintain utmost confidentiality. We seek her kind cooperation in the investigation so that we can appropriately address this issue. We are more than willing to extend our full support and cooperation to address this serious allegation. YRF has zero tolerance towards any form of sexual exploitation or harassment of women and we shall take the strictest necessary action against the alleged perpetrator, if the allegations of sexual harassment are found to be true.”

After Sajid Khan, Varun Grover, this is the third incident where a production house quickly took an action against alleged harassers. MeToo movement in India is getting a humongous response from the people. So far renowned names like Nana Patekar, Alok Nath, Subhash Ghai, Sham Kaushal and others have come under the scanner of this serious issue of sexual harassment.

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