THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Veteran journalist and resident editor of The Hindu in Kerala, C Gouridasan Nair, was relieved of his official responsibilities after his name cropped up in #MeToo allegations.The Hindu Publishing Group chairman N Ram tweeted on Tuesday, "this senior journalist (Gouridasan Nair) who was not formally named decided not to dig in - but called it a day. Nair was sent on leave till his superannuation on December 31, 2018.''The string of events began last week when New Delhi-based journalist Yamini Nair alleged in her blog that "a senior journalist from Thiruvananthapuram had harassed her in 2005 while she was working in Chennai as a cub journalist.''She had acquainted the senior journalist while working on a media centre assignment after her MCJ course. Though she didn't name anyone, an anonymous handle narrated a harassment in the comment section of the blog and named Gouridasan Nair as the predator in both incidents."We took Yamini Nair's #MeToo post seriously and resolved the issue, without taking a purely technical view of the matter; unlike many others, this senior journalist who was not formally named decided not to dig in - but called it a day," said N Ram in the tweet.Replying to a query by a follower in twitter, Ram said, "To be fair & just to both sides, we took the allegation seriously & asked our senior journalist for a response. He responded immediately, expressing deep pain & dismay over the allegation and explaining how he viewed the matter. Then he decided to call it a day, unlike many others.""Friends, I am coming to the end of my innings as a professional journalist. I had requested my organization over the past few days to relieve me of my charge and proceed on leave... If in my past, I have caused hurt to anyone with my words or inadvertent actions, I apologize to them from the bottom of my heart", Gouridasan Nair wrote in a Facebook post which was shared among his friends.

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