Ludhiana, Nov. 12 -- A gym owner has been booked for allegedly assaulting, sexually harassing and attempting to strangle a 27-year-old woman interior designer following a dispute over their business association.

The woman has also alleged that the accused, identified as Shiva Sachdeva, forcibly snatched her gold earrings during the incident, which took place at a party hosted at a gym in Sarabha Nagar during the intervening night of November 7 and 8.

The Division No. 5 police have registered an FIR under Sections 74 (assault), 304(2) (snatching), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 126(2) (wrongful restraint) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The woman, a resident of Barewal, is an interior designe...