Veenu sandal biography

A witness, appearing in support of the criminal defamation case filed by former Union minister M J Akbar, told a Delhi court Monday that none of the colleagues who worked with her ever hinted at any inappropriate behaviour on his part as alleged by journalist Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct in the #MeToo campaign.

Veenu Sandal, who wrote astrology and tarot card-related columns for Asian Age between 1994 to 2009 when Akbar was the editor, told the court that "not once did any of my colleague said or hinted at any inappropriate behaviour by Akbar".

"There was not a thing remotely similar to the allegations" levelled by Ramani against Akbar, she told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, while appearing as a complainant's witness in the case filed against Ramani.

Sandal, whose cross-examination concluded today, told the court that Ramani's