Nashik, May 28 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the TCS sexual harassment-forced conversion case filed its second chargesheet in a Nashik court on Thursday.
The chargesheet pertains to eight FIRs registered at Mumbai Naka police station here under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions against Raza Rafiq Memon, Shahrukh Husain Shaukat Qureshi, Ashwini Ashok Chainani, Tausif Bilal Attar, Shafi Bhikan Sheikh, Danish Ejaz Sheikh, Nida Ejaz Khan, among others, officials said.
The chargesheet was filed in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate here, they added.
On May 22, the SIT had submitted a 1500-page chargesheet in the lone case registered at Deolali Camp police station against Danish Ejaz Sheikh, Tausif Bilal Attar, Nida Ejaz Khan and Matin Majid Patel under BNS and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Atrocities Prevention) Act.
The SIT was formed after several women employees at the Nashik unit of the IT major made allegations of exploitation, attempt at forceful conversion, hurting religious sentiments, molestation and mental harassment.
The complainants claimed the accused were targeting employees through a Whatsapp group, pressuring them to pray and eat non-vegetarian food. Some victims also alleged that they were coerced or pressured into adopting religious practices, including praying, changing dietary habits, and adopting religious symbols.
Meanwhile, police questioned All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen corporator Mateen Patel, accused of giving shelter to case accused Nida Khan while she was evading arrest. He was questioned for around nine hours on May 25 and has been summoned to the police station again on June 1, an official said.
