Police have registered an FIR against Sajjan Jindal, managing director of the JSW Group, in connection with alleged rape charges against him. Jindal has denied the charges, calling them “baseless”.
The complainant, an actress, said the incident had taken place in January 2022 in the penthouse atop the company’s head office at the Bandra-Kurla Complex.
According to the details, a woman in Mumbai had approached the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) Police Station in February this year, accusing Jindal of raping her.
She also claimed that the BKC police paid no heed to her complaint earlier this year, and she was forced to approach the court, which ordered the police to register the complaint.
As per the complainant, she first met Jindal in October 2021 in Dubai when the two were in the VIP box of a stadium, watching an IPL match. After that, they met in Jaipur at the wedding of MP Praful Patel’s son. The actress said Jindal began getting personal and handsy after their meeting in Mumbai, and after repeated propositions, forced himself on her.
“We had exchanged numbers and met in Mumbai because he had expressed interest in buying property from my brother who is a real estate consultant in Dubai,” said the complainant. “He started addressing me as ‘babe’ and ‘baby’ and described all the problems in his marriage when we first met alone, which made me very awkward.”
She added that overtures like hugs and flirting from his side also made her feel uncomfortable. The complainant said that during their subsequent interactions through text messages, Jindal expressed romantic feelings for her despite being married.
In January 2022, when the actress was in the company’s headquarters for a meeting, Jindal took her to the penthouse. She said that despite her constant protests and refusals, Jindal forced himself upon her.
The complainant said she tried to maintain a friendship with him even after the incident, but he stopped responding to her and later blocked her number. “Before blocking my number in June 2022, he threatened me with dire consequences if I approached the police,” she said.
In February 2023, she made a written complaint to the BKC police. The police paid no heed to her repeated complaints, which is why she approached the court, which ordered the BKC police to register the complaint.
However, she later approached the Bombay High Court through advocates Rizwan Merchant and Gayatri Gokhale, after the police allegedly paid no heed to her complaint.
According to the woman’s complaint, Jindal and she had met in 2021 and were sitting in a VIP box during an IPL cricket match in Dubai.
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