NEW DELHI: RK Pachauri , against whom a sexual harassment complaint has been registered by a research associate working in his office, has been admitted to a hospital in Delhi, Times Now reported.

Hearing on Pachauri's anticipatory bail plea will resume on February 26.

A court on Monday had granted interim protection from arrest to RK Pachauri till February 26 in the case.

In the FIR, the complainant has claimed that Pachauri had sexually harassed her for nearly two years since she joined the organisation in September 2013. She also alleged that Pachauri had engaged in "sexually-laden conversations" with her over email and SMS.

The FIR was based on a complaint filed by the woman at the Lodhi Colony police station on February 13, and included sexual harassment, stalking and criminal intimidation charges.

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In the wake of the complaint, RK Pachauri on Tuesday quit as chairman of UN's prestigious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

TERI, the NGO he heads in India, also announced that Pachauri has proceeded on leave "for the time being" but disclosed no reasons for doing so.

Delhi HC directs RK Pachauri to join police probe

(With inputs from agencies)

