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Indian minister accused of harassing female colleagues files defamation suit amid protests
India's junior external affairs minister filed a criminal case for defamation in court on Monday against a woman who has accused him of sexual harassment, his attorney said.
Minister M.J. Akbar filed a case against journalist Priya Ramani, the first of more than a dozen women to allege harassment in recent weeks from his days as a newspaper editor, Akbar's lawyer Sandeep Kapur told The Associated Press.