BENGALURU: A suburban police station in Mumbai has registered a sexual harassment case against venture capital investor Mahesh Murthy , according to the National Commission of Women. The NCW had earlier written to the Maharashtra Police about complaints it had received from several women against Murthy.According to a post on microblogging site Twitter by NCW, the case against Murthy has been filed under section 354 (D), 509 of IPC and section 67 of the IT Act, based on a complaint filed by a woman in Delhi and after the NCW's intervention.NCW had in turn submitted a written complaint to the director general of police, Maharashtra, and the police registered the case against Murthy on December 29, 2017. Murthy did not reply to email queries from ET on the development. Last November, the commission had written to the DGP regarding usage of derogatory, objectionable, sexual remarks and obscene signs on social media by Murthy, founder of early stage venture fund Seedfund.The commission had also received a complaint from another women facing similar harassment issues during early 2017. In its letter, the commission requested for the DGP’s personal involvement in investigating the matter and taking strict action against the accused, claiming such acts not only amount to outraging the modesty of a woman but also attracts action for a cyber crime case.Section 354 (D) of the IPC pertains to stalking offline and online, Section 509 of IPC pertains to any word, gesture or act that intends to insult the modesty of a woman and Section 67 of the IT Act refers to obscene material in electronic form.During April 2017, a series of complaints surfaced across social media platforms against the investor, some of the accusations dated back to 2003 and 2004, with others sharing screenshots of inappropriate messages sent by Murthy on Facebook and WhatsApp