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A tribunal successful Nashik connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) deferred till June 12 the proceeding connected the bail exertion of Nida Khan, an accused successful a lawsuit related to alleged intersexual harassment and forcible spiritual conversion astatine the Nashik portion of TCS.
Khan, who was arrested successful Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, had been remanded to judicial custody connected May 11 until May 24. Her custody was subsequently extended, and the proceeding connected her bail plea had been scheduled for May 30.
On Saturday (May 30, 2026), Additional Sessions Judge K.G. Joshi (Nashik Road) gave June 12 arsenic the adjacent day for proceeding connected the bail application. Along with Nida, the proceeding connected the bail applications of accused Danish Sheikh and Tausif Attar volition besides instrumentality spot that day.
The Maharashtra authorities had formed a peculiar probe squad (SIT) aft respective women employees astatine the Nashik portion of the IT large made allegations of exploitation, effort astatine forceful conversion, hurting spiritual sentiments, molestation and intelligence harassment.
While 1 lawsuit was registered astatine the Deolali Camp constabulary presumption here, 8 FIRs person been registered astatine the Mumbai Naka constabulary presumption successful the city.
The accused named crossed the 9 cases see Danish Sheikh, Tausif Attar, Raza Memon, Shahrukh Qureshi, Shafi Sheikh, Asif Aftab Ansari, Nida Khan and Ashwini Ashok Chainani. All are presently successful judicial custody.
Khan has been accused of targeting employees successful a WhatsApp group, pressuring them to commune and devour non-vegetarian food. According to the FIR, she besides allegedly advised women employees to formal and behave successful accordance with Islamic traditions.
The SIT has filed 2 chargesheets successful transportation with the cases truthful far.
TCS has clarified that it has adopted a zero-tolerance argumentation towards harassment and coercion of immoderate signifier for a agelong time, and the employees allegedly progressive successful intersexual harassment astatine the Nashik bureau person been suspended.
