Arunabh Kumar, CEO and founder of The Viral Fever, secured anticipatory bail till 18 April in the sexual harassment case against him, ANI reports. Kumar is accused of sexually harassing at least two women, a former employee of TVF and an employee of a Mumbai-based production firm. A case under Section 354 (sexual harassment) and Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) was registered against him on 29 March, based on the complaint of the production house employee. Complaints against Kumar came to fore following an anonymous Medium post, which has since been taken down, (cached version here), published on 12 March. The writer accused Kumar of sexually harassing her when she worked with him. In the next two days, multiple women, including prominent director Reema Sengupta, came forward with complaints of sexual harassment against him. While the Internet content company, initially denied all charges, in a change of tune, on 14 March, Nidhi Bisht, writer and actress at TVF, encouraged women to come forward with complaints. Kumar has complaints filed against him in three cities. Medianama tried getting in touch with the company spokespersons but their phones were switched off. We have sent them emails and text messages, and will update the post when we get a response. In a new Medium post on 15 April, the anonymous blogger has claimed filing charges against Kumar: ."We have few cases filed in three cities and one of it is mine. So, I would expect courts to take a cognizance of…
