MUMBAI: It was on 26 December when Sun Group COO C Praveen was arrested by the Chennai crime branch, after a former employee of the network filed a harassment complaint against him.

Praveen has been booked under Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Sexual Harassment of Women Act, as he was, as per media reports, allegedly harassing the woman for the past two years.

While several publications carried the news, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 29 December issued a notice asking Sun Network to clarify the news item published in Business Standard.

The notice reads: “The Exchange has sought clarification from Sun TV Network Ltd with respect to news article appearing in Business Standard on 27 December 2014 titled "Top official of Sun Network arrested."

The reply is awaited, the BSE notice further says.

The complainant, who held a senior position in the programming section of Surya TV, a Malayalam channel from the Sun stable, as per reports, had quit her job five months ago.