The woman, a bank manager, had complained that she had communicated with Ali about an insurance policy and Ali had been sending obscene and abusive messages to her on WhatsApp.
The victim, a member of the Executive Chamber staff, alleged that Cuomo had sexually assaulted her after inviting her to the governor's mansion on work. The aide said that Cuomo touched her inappropriately late last year.
Terming the incident as an 'entertainment programme', Maharashtra Home Minister dismissed reports alleging that Maharashtra police officers had forced women hostel residents to strip dance in front of them.
The resident girls in the hostel have alleged that police personnel and some outsiders, in connivance with some hostel employees, were allowed to enter the hostel under the pretext of interrogation.