India, March 27 -- The Madras high court on Thursday directed Chennai Police not to harass software firm Rippling's co-founder Prasanna Sankaranarayanan, who is embroiled in a bitter divorce battle with his estranged wife.

In an X thread this week, Sankaranarayanan accused his wife of filing false cases to abduct their son and making false allegations of him being a sexual predator and being charged in a prostitution case in the United States.

Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan allowed and disposed of Sankaranarayanan's petition urging the court to exercise its jurisdiction under Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita's Section 528 to direct the police to not harass him under the guise of a probe.

Senior advocates A Ramesh and Geeta Luthra, represent...