<p>Hours after the Mumbai Police arrested venture capitalist Mahesh Murthy in a sexual harassment case filed by a Delhi-based woman, the start guru tweeted that he has been granted anticipatory bail.</p>.<p>"The court granted me anticipatory bail in this case some time ago. I am told it was a procedural technical arrest and I have already been released on surety," Murthy tweeted.</p>.<p>He further said that he had filed a case on the same issue in the Bombay High Court and it has already passed an interim order in his favour and against the complainant in April 2017.</p>.<p>"This is an attempt to counter-sue. I will fight this too in court to defend my reputation," he added.</p>.<p>The complaint against Murthy was forwarded by the National Commission of Woman to the Maharashtra Police, which passed it on to the Mumbai Police for investigations.</p>.<p>According to the Khar police station, Murthy, a resident of Bandra, had sent an indecent message on social media to the complainant on Christmas.</p>.<p>He has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 354 (D) (stalking offline and online) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology Act.</p>.<p>"Based on a complaint filed at the Commission and following NCW's successful intervention, #MaheshMurthy has been arrested by @MumbaiPolice today u/Sec 354 IPC read with 67A of IT Act. @sharmarekha @MinistryWCD," the NCW tweeted.</p>.<p>The Mumbai Police had registered a case on December 29, 2017. Besides this, there have been similar complaints against him including by an author, who had accused Murthy of sexual harassment 13 years ago at a cafe in Mumbai.</p>.<p>Murthy is the managing partner and co-founder of Seedfund.</p>
<p>Hours after the Mumbai Police arrested venture capitalist Mahesh Murthy in a sexual harassment case filed by a Delhi-based woman, the start guru tweeted that he has been granted anticipatory bail.</p>.<p>"The court granted me anticipatory bail in this case some time ago. I am told it was a procedural technical arrest and I have already been released on surety," Murthy tweeted.</p>.<p>He further said that he had filed a case on the same issue in the Bombay High Court and it has already passed an interim order in his favour and against the complainant in April 2017.</p>.<p>"This is an attempt to counter-sue. I will fight this too in court to defend my reputation," he added.</p>.<p>The complaint against Murthy was forwarded by the National Commission of Woman to the Maharashtra Police, which passed it on to the Mumbai Police for investigations.</p>.<p>According to the Khar police station, Murthy, a resident of Bandra, had sent an indecent message on social media to the complainant on Christmas.</p>.<p>He has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 354 (D) (stalking offline and online) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology Act.</p>.<p>"Based on a complaint filed at the Commission and following NCW's successful intervention, #MaheshMurthy has been arrested by @MumbaiPolice today u/Sec 354 IPC read with 67A of IT Act. @sharmarekha @MinistryWCD," the NCW tweeted.</p>.<p>The Mumbai Police had registered a case on December 29, 2017. Besides this, there have been similar complaints against him including by an author, who had accused Murthy of sexual harassment 13 years ago at a cafe in Mumbai.</p>.<p>Murthy is the managing partner and co-founder of Seedfund.</p>
