In the FIR accessed by The Quint, the woman alleged that she had tolerated Patnaik’s behaviour for fear of losing her job.

"Since he had the power to get anyone fired from the office, I had tolerated his behaviour initially out of the fear of losing my job. But towards the end of my tenure, even on 22 May, I made several verbal and non-verbal communication of a strong disapproval of his misbehaviour. I tried to complain to Divya about his behaviour on 14 May but she refused to listen to my complaint and diverted the topic to my work performance instead,” the complaint reads.