Second abuse case against Mahesh Murthy

MUMBAI: A month after angel investor Mahesh Murthy was arrested in a molestation case and granted bail by a court, another woman has now filed a case of sexual harassment against him, police said on Wednesday. Murthy, 52, is the co-founder of Seedfund and the founder and chief executive officer of Pinstorm Technologies Private Limited, a pay-for-performance digital brand management firm. As per the complainant in the new case, Murthy allegedly sexually harassed her about 14 years ago, a senior police official said. The woman approached the Bandra police in connection with the matter on March 19, following which an FIR was registered, he said. “Based on the woman’s statement, we have registered a case under Indian Penal Code sections 354 (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to outrage a woman’s modesty) against Murthy,” the official said. As per the woman, Murthy allegedly touched her inappropriately during a meeting at a coffee shop in suburban Bandra in 2004, the official said.