NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police registered a first information report (FIR) late on Wednesday evening against Rajendra Pachauri, the director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) after a woman research analyst lodged a complaint alleging harassment.

The FIR alleges Pachauri committed offences under Sections 354, 354A, 354D, 506 of IPC, which deal with outraging the modesty of a woman, sexual harassment, stalking, and criminal intimidation, respectively. Prashant Mehndiratta, a senior Delhi High Court lawyer representing the complainant, confirmed that an FIR has been registered after the alleged victim's statement was recorded, a process that took over oneand-a-half hours.

The recording of statement ended after 11 pm and the case has been handed over to sub-inspector Pratibha Sharma for further investigation. The registering of a FIR is followed by an investigation which may or may not result in charges being pressed against the accused.

The SHO of the Lodhi Colony Police Station where the FIR (No. 52) has been registered could not be reached for this story despite repeated efforts.

Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi did not respond to phone calls. The complaint was lodged on February 13 and was first reported by The Economic Times in its February 18 edition. The story was withdrawn from the website of this paper on Wednesday morning, after the Hon-'ble Delhi High Court issued an injunction late on Tuesday night after the edition went to press.

On Wednesday, the Delhi HC heard lawyers representing Pachauri and Bennett Coleman & Co (BCCL) , the publisher of this paper. A final copy of the court's order was not available till late Wednesday evening. A statement issued by a PR agency representing Pachauri said the case was sub judice and that the injunction remained in force. The statement was issued before the FIR was registered. "The Delhi High Court has been pleased to pass order dated 17/02/2015. The said matter came up for hearing on 18/2/2015 wherein modifications have been made in the said order for defendant no. 1, 2 and 3 only."

"However subject to the modifications in the order concerning defendants no 1 to 3, the order dated 17/02/2015 is applicable to the defendants and continues to be operational."

"Given the fact that the said matter is currently subjudice and the Hon'ble High Court is seized of the matter, it will not be prudent or appropriate to comment anything on the matter pending adjudication before the Hon'ble Delhi High Court," according to the statement. The principal defendant in the case is BCCL.

The 33-page complaint had described various acts of harassment allegedly committed by Pachauri. These include unwanted physical advances as well as emails, text and WhatsApp messages, as per the complaint. The complaint alleges that Pachauri persisted in his conduct, even after the complainant asked for a halt to the alleged messages. The research analyst had also moved TERI over the issue on February 9.

In a statement e-mailed to this paper on Tuesday evening, Pachauri had vehemently denied the allegations, claiming that he was a victim of hacking. Further Pachauri claimed to have become aware of the "misuse" of his "computer resources" after receiving questions from ET.

"The said email has indicated misuse of my computer resources and communication devices, without my permission or consent," he said. "From your email, I have come to know the factum that my computer resources including my email ids, mobile phone and WhatsApp messages have been hacked and that unknown cyber criminals have gone ahead and have unauthorisedly accessed my computer resources and communication devices and further committed various criminal activities."

He said he had filed complaints regarding the hacking with the commissioner of police, the controller of certifying authorities and the adjudicating officer under the Information Technology Act.

"The entire computer outputs on the basis of which the said complaint has been filed and on the basis of which your questions are raised are completely false, fabricated, forged and manipulated," Pachauri said in his email to ET. "Your questions have no connection with truth."

He further asked that no story be published with regard to the allegations until the investigations had been completed. Pachauri is also chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.