America
Court allows Pachauri to visit US
New Delhi, June 27
A court here on Saturday
permitted environmentalist R.K.Pachauri, accused in a sexual harassment
case, to visit the US from June 29 to July 9 for attending his
brother-in-law's funeral.
Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan
allowed Pachauri's plea, seeking to attend the last rites of his
brother-in-law in the US.
In a plea moved by his counsel advocate Asish Dikshit, the environmentalist sought to visit the US.
He
was granted anticipatory bail on March 21. But the sessions court had
directed him not to leave the country without permission. He was also
directed not to visit the premises of The Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI).
Pachauri was questioned by Delhi Police on Wednesday and Friday.
A
29-year-old research associate working in Pachauri's office filed a
complaint of sexual harassment against him in south Delhi on February 13
after approaching TERI authorities on February 9.
Delhi Police
later booked Pachauri on charges of molestation, stalking, sexual
harassment and criminal intimidation as the complainant had claimed that
she was harassed by him for nearly two years since she joined his
office in September 2013.
She also alleged that Pachauri had engaged in "sexually-laden conversations" with her over e-mail and SMS.
Pachauri
was forced to step down as chairperson of the UN Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change in February and proceeded on leave from TERI
after the sexual harassment complaint but he has denied the allegations.