New Delhi : After the US based Journalist Pallavi Gogoi's allegation of rape against MJ Akbar, the former Union Minister has stated that the two were in a consensual relationship, which didn't end up on a best note.
In a statement given to ANI, he said that somewhere around 1994, Ms Pallavi Gogoi and I entered into a consensual relationship that spanned several months. This relationship gave rise to talk and would later cause strife in my home life as well. This consensual relationship ended, perhaps not on best note.”
Meanwhile, his wife Mallika also came in support of her husband. In a statement to the ANI, she accused Pallavi of causing unhappiness and discord in their homes. 'I don't know Pallavi's reasons for telling this lie, but a lie it is, she added.
I don't know Pallavi's reasons for telling this lie, but a lie it is: #MJAkbar's wife Mallika Akbar to ANI on journalist Pallavi Gogoi's rape allegations in the Washington Post against her husband pic.twitter.com/SFws1TwWhx
— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2018
