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New Delhi, Sep 20: Journalist Priya Ramani on Saturday sought acquittal in a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by former Union minister M J Akbar, saying freedom of speech and expression is intrinsic to a democratic society and her accusations of sexual harassment against him were her truth.
In the wake of the #MeToo campaign, Ramani in 2018 accused Akbar of sexual misconduct with her around 20 years ago, when he was a journalist.
Akbar resigned as a Union minister on October 17, 2018.
Ramani, who concluded her arguments on Saturday in the complaint filed against her by Akbar, told…
