New Delhi: Noted environmentalist RK Pachauri, who faces charges of molestation and sexual harassment of a junior colleague at environmental think-tank TERI, was questioned by Delhi Police on Sunday.
A team of officials, arrived at Pachauri's residence in Golf Links area of Lutyen's Delhi in the morning.
A 29-year-old research associate working in Pachauri's office filed a complaint of sexual harassment against him in south Delhi on February 13 after approaching TERI authorities on February 9.
Delhi Police later booked Pachauri on charges of molestation, stalking, sexual harassment and criminal intimidation as the complainant had claimed that she was harassed by him for nearly two years since she joined his office in September 2013.
She also alleged that Pachauri had engaged in "sexually-laden conversations" with her over e-mail and SMS.
Pachauri was forced to step down as chairperson of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in February and proceeded on leave from TERI after the sexual harassment complaint but he has denied the allegations.
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