An SIT of Nashik Police arrested eight people after women employees at TCS alleged sexual harassment and forced religious conversion at its Nashik office. A victim detailed incidents of inappropriate touching, remarks and online harassment.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Nashik Police has arrested eight people, after multiple women employees at Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) Nashik office alleged sexual harassment and forced religious conversion by male colleagues.
TCS Nashik row: Victim shares harassment details to the police
One of the victims, a newly married associate who joined TCS Nashik on June 20 last year, reportedly told police that her ordeal began during her three-month training period under Team Leads Shahrukh Qureshi and Jayesh Gunjal. She alleged, according to NDTV, that a Team Lead from a separate department, Raza Memon, would routinely approach her with intrusive personal questions about her marriage and private life.
She told police that Memon gave her the nickname 'Player', using it openly in the workplace. "Raza had nicknamed me 'Player.' Whenever I came to the office, he would address me exclusively as 'Player,'" she stated in her complaint, adding that Qureshi would actively encourage this behaviour.
