A day after Nana Patekar and Vivek Agnihotri slapped legal notices on Tanushree Dutta, the National Commission for Women (NCW), Delhi, rushed to her defense. mid-day has learnt that a third party case was registered with the NCW by advocate Gaurav Gulati yesterday.

The complainant urged the women's body to take cognisance of the sexual harassment allegations levelled by Dutta, against Patekar and Agnihotri. He also requested the organisation to register an FIR independently with the Delhi Crime branch on the matter as the "respondent is politically activated and can affect investigation in Maharashtra (sic)".