Nida Khan Arrested in TCS Nashik Harassment Case

Nida Khan, a key accused in multiple cases of alleged sexual harassment and religious coercion at Tata Consultancy Services' Nashik unit, was arrested Thursday in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, police officials said.

Nashik Police Commissioner Sandeep Karnik confirmed that Khan was apprehended with assistance from local police and the city's crime branch following a search across Maharashtra. She is named in a first information report at Deolali Camp police station, crime number 15626, filed March 26. Khan is expected to be produced in a Nashik court Friday.

The arrest marks the ninth in an ongoing Special Investigation Team probe into nine FIRs stemming from complaints by female employees at the TCS facility. Eight others, including a female operations manager, had been detained previously. Complainants, aged 18 to 25 and including at least one from a Scheduled Caste community, alleged molestation, mental harassment, obscene comments, stalking, and pressure to adopt religious practices.

According to police, Khan targeted employees via a WhatsApp group, urging women to pray, consume nonvegetarian food, dress in accordance with Islamic traditions, wear religious symbols like hijab or...