Following Vinta Nanda's #MeToo Allegations, Alok Nath Obtains Six-Month Directive on Non-Cooperation by FWICE

The Federation of Film Employees of Western India (FWICE) issued a six-month non-cooperation directive to actor Alok Nath, accused of rape by screenwriter-director Vinta Nanda.

The Association (IFTDA) – the parent body of FWICE – made the announcement after refusing to attend a POSH (Sexual Harbadment Prevention) survey.

"We took seriously the badual harbadment of our governing member, Vinta Nanda, and shared it with the POSH committee, which investigated the complaint in the spirit of the POSH law and in respect for the principles of natural justice, fairness and fair play ", Ashoke Pandit, president of IFTDA, said in a statement.
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"The committee in the exercise of its power under POSH to summon a person for investigation had called Alok Nath." However, he declined to participate in the POSH investigation despite three occasions.
Alok openly challenged the ICC's Internal Complaints Committee and challenged the summons to appear before her, so he refused to cooperate with IFTDA's mandate to provide a safe workplace for women. the recommendations of the IFTDA FWICE POSH Committee sent the actor a six-month non-cooperation directive, "he added.

Last year, the actor, known for his "sanskaari" image on the big screen, was also expelled by the Cine and Television Artists Association (CINTAA) considering various allegations of badual harbadment and malpractice.

Commenting on the recent decision, Pandit said, "Our goal is to show zero tolerance to incidents of badual harbadment and to value each person and to promote a work environment in which people of both bades work. and complement each other equally and encourage gender.A neutral policy. "

Vinta had accused Alok Nath of raping her nearly 19 years ago, while they were working together, which Repeatedly did the same thing about the shoot. He denied all of the victim's allegations and filed a defamation suit seeking redress for the sentence 1 and a written apology from him.

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