India, May 27 -- The explosive legal battle involving former JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana has taken a sudden and dramatic turn on Wednesday. The high-profile case was left in limbo just hours before a scheduled court appearance as Daniel Kaiser, the prominent attorney representing Rana in his lawsuit alleging he was held as a "sex slave" by a colleague, officially moved to withdraw from the case.

The surprise development has left Rana without legal counsel as the litigation moves forward. According to court filings, Kaiser, who previously represented victims in the Jeffrey Epstein case, filed a consent to be "discharged" as Rana's attorney on the eve of a Tuesday hearing. The documents indicate that Rana will now represent himself "pro s...