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Sexual Harassment in India

Rupan Deol Bajaj was the first woman in India to bring a case of sexual harassment to trial. It took nearly 17 years before she eventually won.

It's nearly thirty years since the first time a case of sexual harassment was brought to court in India. It became headline news and divided the country because the accused was a senior policeman, celebrated for fighting militants. Claire Bowes has been speaking to the plaintiff, Rupan Deol Bajaj, about the incident she just couldn't ignore.

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Tue 21 Feb 2017 12:04

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