Overview

• Munchetty recounts being groped by two boys she estimated were 15 or 16 as she stepped off a train and says she punched one in response.
• She describes the punch as an instant reaction and says she felt fear about what could happen if she had stayed on the carriage.
• The BBC Breakfast presenter, identified in reports as 50, shared the account in remarks published on Thursday.
• Separate media reports state she has been placed under review following a junior colleague’s bullying complaint, which she has not publicly addressed.
• A BBC spokesman says the corporation will not comment on specific cases but takes workplace conduct complaints extremely seriously.