Mumbai Police filed an FIR (first information report) against steel baron and managing director of JSW Group Sajjan Jindal On December 13 at a police station in the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) area of Mumbai after a 30-year-old woman accused him of raping her. Mumbai Police has booked Sajjan Jindal under IPC 376 (rape), IPC 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), and IPC 503 (criminal intimidation).

As per the FIR, the incident allegedly took place in January 2022 at Jindal’s Mumbai office. As per the FIR, Jindal allegedly asked her to come to his office in the BKC area of Mumbai again.

The woman claimed in the complaint that she went there at around 7 pm and he allegedly raped her in the penthouse of the building. She further alleged that he promised to marry her and asked her to not shout as this was his office building. The FIR also alleged that during their interactions via text messages, Jindal expressed romantic feelings for the woman despite being married.

She also claimed that the BKC police did not pay any heed to her FIR filed in February this year and was forced to approach Bombay High Court. The court asked the BKC police to register the complaint.

The complainant told CNBC-TV18, “I approached the police on February 16, 2023. They barely scribbled down a rough statement. They didn’t even give me a copy of that statement. No FIR was filed… Finally, on December 5, 2023, I filed a writ petition against the police in Bombay High Court.”

According to the complaint, she first met Jindal with her brother on October 8, 2021 in the VIP box of a stadium in Dubai while watching an IPL match. The two allegedly exchanged numbers and met in Mumbai as Jindal was interested in buying property from the her brother, who was a property consultant in Dubai.