Surka took to Twitter to accuse Mittal of forcibly kissing her in public
Mumbai: Comedian and actor Kaneez Surka is the latest to join the #metoo movement with sexual harassment allegations against stand-up comic Aditi Mittal.
Surka and Mittal are popular in the English stand up comedy scene and have been featured in many web-series and shows. Surka took to Twitter to share her story as 'seeing her name all over Twitter as a champion of the cause has been triggering me immensely.'
Surka demanded a public apology from Mittal, who did not make an official statement until Thursday. She did, however, retweeted Surka's Twitter post without a caption.
Later, she took to Twitter to share her public apology describing the event and also sharing that she had discussed the incident with Surka previously too. She wrote, "In light of the recent events that have been transpiring she said she would get closure if I apologised publicly and gave me two days to speak up."
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