A Nashik court on Monday remanded TCS employee Nida Ejaz Khan to judicial custody for two weeks in the sexual and religious harassment case.
Khan was arrested on May 7 from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after a sessions judge rejected her plea for anticipatory bail on May 2. The sessions judge had observed that the allegations against her form part of a systemic, organised attempt to “brainwash” a Dalit colleague and push her towards religious conversion.
She was produced before the additional court at Nashik road on May 8 after which she was remanded to police custody till today.Khan is likely to apply for bail through her lawyers Rahul Kasliwal and Baba Sayyad.The case concerns allegations that several accused persons sexually harassed women employees at TCS and attempted religious conversion. Eight persons (six men and two women) including an operations manager have been named in multiple FIRs registered at Deolali and Mumbai Naka police stations.
The complaints include allegations of sexual harassment, outraging religious sentiments, threats, public humiliation, and adverse workplace reports, as well as sexually coloured remarks directed at women employees.Nida Khan was the last person to be arrested in the case. The allegations against her include making derogatory references to Hindu deities.
As for her background, Maharashtra police on May 7 arrested Nida Khan, key accused in the Nashik TCS 'conversion' and sexual harassment case. Khan was on the run since the incident came to light last month.According to the police Khan was arrested from a flat in Kaiser Colony in Naregaon area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar where she was staying with her parents, brother and aunt for the past four days. A surveillance of the flat by the police for two days led to the arrest of Khan.
Nashik SIT, the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Police Commissionerate and the Crime Branch jointly led the operation to arrest Khan. The alleged sexual harassment at TCS Nashik came to light when a woman complained that a man started a relationship with her on the pretext of marriage. This opened up a Pandora's Box as more women came forward with sexual harassment allegations. Women said that the accused touched them inappropriately and said obscene things. The incidents happened between February 2022 and March 2026.
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