Noted litterateur Haraprasad Das, alleged of showing indecent approach to a lady teacher through facebook chats today moved court and lodged defamation case against eight people over the issue.

Citing the allegations of harassment levelled by a lady teacher from Kalahandi as unfortunate, Das filed a defamation suit against the editor, publisher of a news daily and some other persons including Manu Das, Asit Mohanty, Amiya Pandav, Umakant Rout, Pallishree Patnaik, Kulangar and former Vice-Chancellor of Utkal University of Culture Dr. Bimalendu Mohanty at Bhubaneswar Senior Civil Judge court and SDJM court.

“It is very heartbreaking for me to file a defamation suit even though I had never wanted it initially but I had to do it against some handful of people who have been relentlessly trying to tarnish my reputation on social media,” Das said.