<p class="title">Writer-lyricist Varun Grover has categorically denied the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by an anonymous person, who referred herself as his junior in Banaras Hindu University (BHU).</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a screenshot of the post, that has been doing the rounds on social media, the woman said the incident happened in 2001 while they were working on a play for the annual festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The "Sacred Games" writer said the screenshot was "untrue" and "misleading". He said he would soon issue a detailed statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I completely, totally, categorically deny all the allegations being made. The screenshot in question is untrue, misleading, and defamatory to say the least," Grover posted on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Neeraj Ghaywan, who have frequently collaborated with Grover, supported him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This man I have known so closely and so so long that I refuse to believe any allegations about him. #believethevictim and investigate the claims and also be careful to not let vested interests sabotage a long pending genuine movement," Kashyap tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ghaywan, who has worked with Grover on "Maasan", said it was impossible for him to believe that the writer could do such a thing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I know Varun for the large part of my life. I can never believe he would do such a thing. Never. Those allegations reek of vindictive behaviour and not a shred of truth in them. Absolutely, 100 per cent, in solidarity with his statement below," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director said it was appalling how "such slanderous allegations are trying to sabotage the #MeToo movement in India."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Varun is someone who is truly putting his weight and career behind for this movement. It is horribly irresponsible of whoever is behind this to malign him," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ghaywan said his response to the allegations against Grover was emotional.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is my truth, what I believe in and I wanted to put it out there. You can wait for the truth to come in due course." </p>
<p class="title">Writer-lyricist Varun Grover has categorically denied the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by an anonymous person, who referred herself as his junior in Banaras Hindu University (BHU).</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a screenshot of the post, that has been doing the rounds on social media, the woman said the incident happened in 2001 while they were working on a play for the annual festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The "Sacred Games" writer said the screenshot was "untrue" and "misleading". He said he would soon issue a detailed statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I completely, totally, categorically deny all the allegations being made. The screenshot in question is untrue, misleading, and defamatory to say the least," Grover posted on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Neeraj Ghaywan, who have frequently collaborated with Grover, supported him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This man I have known so closely and so so long that I refuse to believe any allegations about him. #believethevictim and investigate the claims and also be careful to not let vested interests sabotage a long pending genuine movement," Kashyap tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ghaywan, who has worked with Grover on "Maasan", said it was impossible for him to believe that the writer could do such a thing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I know Varun for the large part of my life. I can never believe he would do such a thing. Never. Those allegations reek of vindictive behaviour and not a shred of truth in them. Absolutely, 100 per cent, in solidarity with his statement below," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director said it was appalling how "such slanderous allegations are trying to sabotage the #MeToo movement in India."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Varun is someone who is truly putting his weight and career behind for this movement. It is horribly irresponsible of whoever is behind this to malign him," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ghaywan said his response to the allegations against Grover was emotional.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is my truth, what I believe in and I wanted to put it out there. You can wait for the truth to come in due course." </p>