According to reports, Bhagat went on to add that he felt like an idiot that he was chatting with another woman and claimed that his view about his wife changed that day.

In the wake of the Indian #MeToo movement, author and columnist Ira Trivedi had sent in a legal notice to Chetan Bhagat on 22 October.

The notice charged Chetan with eve-teasing, harassment, cyber-bullying and other cyber crimes under the IT Act ie (Sections 66, 499, 500, 503 IPC). She has also gone ahead and shared a mail trail of her conversation with Bhagat which, she alleged, was misreported.

Chetan Bhagat also denied allegations made by another woman against him.