Two top Greenpeace India executives put in papers

A top executive of Greenpeace India has resigned, following an internal review by the NGO of its handling of two prior sexual harassment cases. Executive director Samit Aich offered his resignation to the Greenpeace India Board, which accepted it on Wednesday, the NGO said, adding that a programme director, Divya Raghunandan, too, has quit. "The executive director of Greenpeace India, Samit Aich, resigned following an internal review of the organisation's handling of two sexual harassment cases...Separately, programme director Divya Raghunandan has resigned," said a statement on the NGO's website.

The NGO had earlier "ended" the employment of two of its employees – one allegedly involved in cases of rape of an employee and the other accused of several cases of sexual harassment. It had also tendered an apology for the way it handled the alleged sexual harassment case. The move came after one of its ex-employees wrote an article on a web forum last week alleging rape and sexual harassment by colleagues.