A day afterarresting Nida Khanin the Nashik TCS sexual harassment and alleged religious conversion case, the Nashik City Police on Friday (May 8) named AIMIM corporator from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Mateen Patel as an accused for allegedly sheltering Khan while she was absconding and hindering the legal process. Nashik City Police Commissioner Sandeep Karnik said, “Naregaon (located in Sambhaji Nagar) corporator Mateen Patel has also been made an accused in the case. We will investigate and identify all who have harboured them and hindered the legal process.”
He added that Patel was not arrested but was issued a notice before being allowed to go. The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation had earlier pasted a notice on Patel’s property, identifying it as an alleged unauthorised construction and seeking a reply within three days.
Khan, who worked at TCS’s BPO office in Nashik, is one of eight accused named across nine FIRs registered between March 26 and April 3 in connection with the alleged sexual harassment and conversion case. Seven others, including Danish Sheikh, Shafi Shaikh, Asif Ansari, Tausif Attar, Shahrukh Qureshi, Raza Memon and Ashwini Chainani, have already been arrested.
Police said technical surveillance helped trace Khan’s location. A family member, requesting anonymity, told The Indian Express, “We were trying to avoid her arrest for the primary reason that we knew that she is innocent and secondarily she is pregnant… We tried all legal options and are now resigned to how things go forward.”
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena minister Sanjay Shirsat alleged that AIMIM leaders helped Khan evade arrest in what he described as “corporate jihad”. He also targeted former AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel and demanded an inquiry against him.
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