Police File Sexual Harassment Case Against Kochi Honey Trap Case Petitioner After Accused’s Complaint

speedy Summary:

• A new case of sexual harassment has been registered by Kochi’s Infopark police against Venu Gopalakrishnan, a 50-year-old IT company owner, and three of his employees: jacob, Ebi, and Bimalraj.
• The charges include criminal intimidation, insult to a woman’s modesty, assault with intent to outrage modesty, sexual harassment under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 351(2), 79, 74, 75 respectively; as well as cheating by personation under Section 66D of the Details Technology Act.
• These allegations were made by a former employee who had earlier been accused in another honey trap extortion case targeting Mr. Gopalakrishnan for ₹30 crore (registered July 30).
• The incidents leading to this second case reportedly occurred between February 14, 2024, and July 24, 2025.
• While on bail following the extortion allegation arrest on July 30th with her husband-granted amid scrutiny over procedural issues-the woman had claimed workplace harassment alongside alleged fabricated charges against her when she threatened formal complaints internally,n.