Kathmandu. Chirayu Rana, a former senior vice president of JPMorgan Chaises in the United States, has accused a former colleague of sexual misconduct, racism and professional exploitation. Rana has made his grievances public through both formal and informal channels.
He has claimed that he has been kept in an uncomfortable environment in the workplace for a long time, has been discriminated against on the basis of his ethnic and cultural background and has been treated with the intention of weakening his profession.
According to him, the female colleague repeatedly made inappropriate personal comments, behaved beyond professional boundaries and was biased in evaluating her work. Rana said that such behavior has directly affected his mental health, professional confidence and performance.
The case has once again raised questions about workplace safety, gender sensitivity and equal treatment policies, particularly within international financial institutions. The accusations are a continuation of a growing number of incidents of sexual harassment, abuse of power and racism at large corporate organisations around the world over the past few years.
Rana has alleged that he has repeatedly filed complaints with the HR department and internal monitoring mechanism of the company but the expected hearing has not been done. He claimed that the management did not take the incident seriously and instead tried to put himself under professional pressure.
According to him, after the complaint was made public, he was removed from various projects, excluded from the decision-making process and negatively affected the performance evaluation. He called it “professional vendetta”.
JPMorgan Chase has not yet officially commented on the allegations. However, the company has said in the past that it has a “zero tolerance” policy towards any form of discrimination, harassment or harassment in the workplace.
Rana left JPMorgan in late 2024 and filed an internal harassment complaint seeking a multi-million dollar divorce in May 2025. Which was rejected. According to several media reports, he now works as a principal at investment firm Bregle Segemount.
