Overview
- Police registered a First Information Report on Tuesday after a woman television news anchor filed a complaint accusing P R Sundar of sexual harassment, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation.
- The FIR books Sundar under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita that cover sexual harassment, offences against women and criminal intimidation, and the investigation is now under way.
- The complainant says she approached Sundar for employment, visited his Pattinapakkam residence and was confined for nearly three hours on June 29 while being allegedly harassed and threatened.
- Sundar has publicly denied the claims, called the complaint a 'witch-hunt', said he will pursue civil and criminal remedies, and says he has lodged complaints with the Tamil Nadu DGP and Chennai Police Commissioner and exchanged legal notices over a separate property dispute.
- Sundar is a high-profile financial influencer who was barred by SEBI for one year in May 2023, a regulatory history that deepens the reputational and public-interest stakes as the police probe continues.