“We have received a complaint via email. On the basis of the email, an investigation has been initiated… The email is being treated as the FIR,” Aishwarya Sagar, DC (Airport Division) of Bidhannagar City Police told The Indian Express, adding, “We have assured the woman of a thorough investigation.”

The investigators will speak with the woman through video conference on Monday, sources said. The accused is most likely to be summoned soon, they added.

The case has been filed under BNS sections 74 (assault or use of criminal force with intent to outrage modesty), 75 (uttering words or making gestures or exhibiting any object in any form insulting the modesty of a woman) and 79 (modesty of any woman, utters any words, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object in any form).

The 28-year-old woman, whose social media profile describes her as the co-chair of the India Conference at Harvard, identified the accused as Dinesh Kumar Saraogi, the CEO of Oman-based Vulcan Green Steel.

In her social media posts, the woman had written that after asking if she likes to watch movies, the accused allegedly “whipped out his phone and earphones to show me porn” and “he started groping me”.

The executive has been placed on administrative leave by the Jindal Group, which has also initiated a third-party investigation into the matter.

On its website, Vulcan Green Steel calls itself a sister company to Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel LLC, an Oman-based firm controlled by key management personnel of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL). Saraogi stepped down as an executive director of JSPL’s board in March 2023, according to company reports. He was also the CEO of the company’s steel business until he stepped down.