Indian journalist acquitted of defamation in #MeToo case

Indian journalist Priya Ramani, left, was the first to accuse MJ Akbar of harassment (AP)

A court in India has acquitted a journalist of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment.

MJ Akbar, 70, filed a case against journalist Priya Ramani in October 2018, denying the allegations as “false, baseless and wild”.