New Delhi: The Indian Express’s legal director has said that Neeraj Priyadarshi, the newspaper’s national photo editor, has resigned after being accused of sexual harassment by a woman on social media.The newspaper has accepted his resignation.NewsLaundry reported that neither Indian Express’s legal director nor Priyadarshi himself confirmed if his resignation was linked to the allegations of sexual harassment. He has been with the Indian Express since 1991, first hired as a photographer.Priyadarshi was recently accused of sexual harassment on Instagram by a woman who posted screenshots of him incessantly sending her messages over two years, in which he called her “baby” and asked her to pose for photos despite her telling him to stop communicating with her.Also read: Editorial: The Indian Media’s Moment of ReckoningOne of the screenshots shows Priyadarshi calling her “Frida baby”, to which she said, “Baby? Uh, don’t call me that.” She also told him that he was displaying “predatory behaviour” and that he was making her “uncomfortable”.The woman confronted him about being a well-known photojournalist, “I am being told that you are a famous photojournalist. That explains why you think you can keep harassing someone like this for two years. Stop it.”After Priyadarshi’s resignation, the woman posted again on Instagram again to say that she doesn’t intend to pursue the matter further and wasn’t going to file a formal complaint against Priyadarshi.She also said, “I hope more women speak out about their harassment. And I hope we continue to believe and support them.”Also read: Dark Underbelly of Indian Media Revealed as Scores of Journalists Say #MeTooVaidehi Thakar, legal director of the Indian Express told NewsLaundry that the newspaper has a zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment. She said that they had not received any formal complaint but had taken note of the allegations made against him on social media.“While an investigation of the allegations was on, Mr Priyadarshi resigned and his resignation has been accepted,” she said.In January this year, Indian Express had organised a panel discussion with top women news editors about #MeToo and sexual harassment, titled ‘What newsrooms can and should do’. It was part of the award ceremony at the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Awards.