ScoopWhoop co-founder booked for sexual harassment

A former employee has accused Suparn Pandey of 'touching her inappropriately and sending her sexually explicit...

Indian news and entertainment website ScoopWhoop's co-founder has been booked for sexual harassment.

A former employee of the company accused Suparn Pandey of sexual misconduct, saying he would touch her inappropriately and send her sexually explicit videos.

Although she had also filed a complaint with the company administration, her pleas went unheeded, she said in the FIR which was lodged at the Vasant Kunj police station in New Delhi.



A senior police official, Chinmoy Biswal, confirmed the registration of the FIR and said investigations are underway but no arrests have been made as yet.

In a statement, ScoopWhoop said the company’s internal committee has started an inquiry into the matter after they received it as per the law. "As an FIR has also been filed separately by the complainant, and the police investigation is ongoing, we are extending full cooperation to the police to conduct a full and fair investigation into the matter," the company said.



"We work towards ensuring a safe and secure workplace for all our employees and take any complaints of harassment extremely seriously. In line with workplace laws, ScoopWhoop has an internal complaints committee (ICC) which constitutes of two of our most senior and experienced women employees and an independent observer..."

Two other co-founders of the news and entertainment website are also named in the FIR lodged by the victim on March 27.

Police have asked Pandey to join the investigation and cooperate with the authorities.

This article originally appeared on Times of India.