India, Aug. 4 -- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has said that the company is in touch with an employee who was filmed sleeping outside its Pune office as a form of protest. Pictures of the employee sleeping on a sidewalk had been widely shared on social media earlier this week.

The employee, Sourabh More, claimed that TCS had not paid his salary for months. In a handwritten letter that was photographed next to him on the sidewalk, the employee wrote: "I have informed HR I don't have money and will be forced to sleep and live outside TCS on footpath."

In a statement shared with HT.com, TCS said that the employee's payroll was suspended as he took unauthorized absence from work. The IT services company said that he has since been provide...