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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Lords inquiry launched into Tory peer accused of bullying female journalist

Rami Ranger
Rami Ranger said he had served court papers for defamation against Poonam Joshi. Photograph: Wenn Rights Ltd/Alamy

Authorities at the House of Lords have opened an investigation into another Tory peer, Rami Ranger, the Guardian has learned, after an independent journalist accused him of a campaign of bullying and harassment.

Poonam Joshi, a freelance reporter and women’s rights campaigner, has been investigating Lord Ranger over his links to a controversial Indian guru, details of which were revealed by the Observer newspaper earlier this month.

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