Kamal Ghorui
Indian-American financier who recently gained attention over a disputed sexual harassment lawsuit against a senior JPMorgan Chase executive has quietly left his new job, according to company sources cited by the New York Post.Chirayu Rana, a 35-year-old principal at investment firm Bregal Sagemount, exited the firm on April 2, just weeks before he filed a lawsuit in New York accusing JPMorgan executive Lorna Hajdini of sexual misconduct. His departure was not publicly announced, and his profile remained listed on the firm’s website even after he had left.“Chiraya Rana was employed by Bregal Sagemount from October 20, 2025 to April 2, 2026. He is no longer an employee,” the firm confirmed.It added: “We are not able to share further information (about the circumstances of his departure).”Rana’s exit has drawn attention because of its timing. He left the investment firm shortly before he accused Hajdini, a 37-year-old leveraged finance executive, of drugging him with viagra and keeping him as a “sex slave” in a court filing that went viral. The claims were later challenged and described by Hajdini’s allies and lawyers as baseless and ‘fabricated’.“Lorna categorically denies the allegations,” her lawyers said in a statement.They added: “She never engaged in any inappropriate conduct with this individual of any kind and has never even been to the location where the alleged sexual assault supposedly took place.” JPMorgan also carried out an internal review of the claims and said it found no evidence to support them.The lawsuit was initially filed in New York state court and later amended for corrections. It alleged drugging, coercion and workplace retaliation. However, parts of the case have been disputed, including claims that Hajdini asked for sexual favours by blackmailing Chirayu into not giving him a bonus. Rana and Hajdini worked under different managers, meaning she had no control over his pay.Rana’s professional background includes roles at major Wall Street firms such as Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Houlihan Lokey, and the Carlyle Group. He later joined JPMorgan’s leveraged finance team in 2024 after graduating from Rutgers University.
