“Nine FIRs, Four Years, Zero Action: Inside TCS Nashik’s Harassment Scandal”, The Commune, April 21, 2026
“On 16 April 2026, approximately 50 Tata Consultancy Services employees arrived at the company’s Nashik office in sweltering heat, visibly anxious amid mounting reports that the unit was shutting down. A dozen police officers guarded the gates of Ashoka Business Enclave, and private security personnel screened every visitor entering the compound. Outside, a protest led by Devyani Pharande, a BJP MLA from Nashik (Central), drew a large gathering of women raising slogans against the company.
What had brought one of India’s largest IT companies to this moment was not a boardroom scandal or a financial fraud – it was a pattern of alleged sexual harassment, workplace misconduct, and religious intimidation inside a 5,000 square-foot BPO unit employing roughly 170 people across two shifts, run for a large banking client.
Nine FIRs, Eight Accused
As reported in Moneycontrol, the crisis began with a single complaint filed on March 25 by a 23-year-old woman at the Deolali Camp police station in Nashik. The FIR named Danish Sheikh, Tausif Attar, and Nida Khan, alleging rape, sexual harassment, and religious coercion between 2022 and 2026. Eight more FIRs were subsequently registered at Mumbai Naka police station by early April……..”
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