The allegations of se*ual harassment made against The Viral Fever (TVF) founder and CEO Arunabh Kumar by ex-female colleagues, has left everyone shocked. On Monday morning, an anonymous user by the name of Indian Fowler published a post on a site called Medium alleging that she was se*ually harassed by Arunabh. Soon the post went viral and was doing rounds on the social media. The audiences, who have been watching the web-series of TVF, are currently shocked. Not just one, but now, many other ex-female employees of TVF have come ut with shocking revelations on being harassed by Arunabh.
However, Arunabh Kumar, the CEO of The Viral Fever (TVF) has rubbished and denied the allegations put on him of molesting and harassing women at his office. In a statement, a TVF spokesperson said, “The article is completely ludicrous and defamatory against TVF and its team. All the allegations made against TVF and its team in the article are categorically false, baseless and unverified. We take a lot of pride in our team and in making TVF a safe workplace that is equally comfortable for women and men. We will leave no stone unturned to find the author of the article and bring them to severe justice for making such false allegations.”
Reacting to the allegations and the ongoing controversy, famous comedian Aditi Mittal in a series of tweets said that the silence from the comedy community on the issue is ‘deafening’.
AIB team member Tanmay Bhat also speaks up on the issue and demands for fair investigation in the case.
Another AIB team member Rohan Joshi also took to twitter and reacted to the controversy and allegations put on the TVF founder.
An anonymous blog titled ‘The Indian Uber – That is TVF’ reads Arunabh Kumar how from Pitchers to Tripling she was daily being harassed by him. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL POST