Nashik TCS case: AIMIM corporator arrested for ignoring court summonses

The Maharashtra Police has arrested All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen corporator Matin Patel for not responding to summonses issued by a court in connection with a sexual harassment case at the Tata Consultancy Services in Nashik, The Indian Express reported.

Patel was held after the court issued a non-bailable warrant against him for skipping two summonses.

The corporator has been named in the chargesheet for allegedly providing refuge to Nida Khan, the main accused in the case, despite knowing that her anticipatory bail plea had been rejected.

While the police were searching for Khan in April and May, “it was revealed through confidential information and technical analysis” that Patel had provided her shelter to help her evade arrest, The Indian Express cited the chargesheet as having alleged.

Khan was arrested on May 7 from a bungalow in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’s Naregaon area that was owned by Patel.

She was held more than 40 days after being named in a first information report for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

The case

The complainant in the sexual harassment case, a 23-year-old woman, alleged that Khan taught her to recite the kalma – the Islamic declaration of faith – observe the roza fast and change her dressing behaviour.

As the complainant is a member of the Scheduled Caste community, Khan has also been booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes...

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