An FIR has been registered against a top Tata Steel official for allegedly abetting the suicide of Charudatta Deshpande, former chief of Corporate Communications, who was found hanging at his Vasai home in Thane district on June 28, police said today.

Prabhat Sharma, Head, Corporate Affairs of Tata Steel, Jamshedpur was booked by Vasai police under section 306 (Abetment of suicide) of the IPC, last night at about 8 pm, following a complaint by former Forbes India Editor Indrajit Gupta, they said.

According to the complaint filed by Gupta, the 57-year-old Charudatta, a Tata Steel official, was constantly humiliated and harrassed between May 2012 and May 2013 following which he took the drastic decision to end his life, police said. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vasai division Prashant Deshpande, is investigating the case.

According to police, Charudatta had committed suicide in June, sometime after a critical story on the company had appeared in the leading business magazine, which sparked off the alleged harassment that became more focused and sharp after the publication of the article.

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