ScoopWhoop co-founder Suparn Pandey booked in sexual harassment case
Hours after the allegation came to fore, the company in a statement reportedly said that they are extending cooperation to the police to conduct a fair investigation into the matter.
The Delhi Police has registered the FIR under under section 354A (assault or use Criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), section 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman), and section 506 (criminal intimidation).
According to reports, the complaint was filed by a former senior employee of the company.
The complainant accused Pandey of sexually harassing her for two years, between 2015-2017.
Earlier, a case was filed against TVF (The Viral Fever) CEO and founder Arunabh Kumar for sexually harassing a woman after she finally filed a complaint against him.
The victim has said that she had joined TVF in 2014 and was molested for three years until she resigned in 2016.
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