TCS employee Nida Khan is set to seek anticipatory bail in the Nashik IT firm sexual abuse scandal. Her lawyer claims she's pregnant, contradicting police allegations of her being on the run.
Khan's name was linked to the scandal after an FIR was filed by Nashik police based on a 23-year-old BPO employee's complaint accusing her senior colleague of sexual harassment and coercion.
Of the nine FIRs filed, Khan has been named in one FIR lodged at the Devlali Police Station on March 26 pertaining to religious harassment. Around eight people were reportedly arrested in the case, while the police alleged mastermind, 'HR head' Khan, was absconding.
However, her family has denied the allegations, claiming she's pregnant and at home. They also said she was not the HR manager, but a telecaller, and that her photograph was taken from Instagram and superimposed with the 'HR head' title.
Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran has ordered an internal investigation, calling the allegations "gravely concerning and anguishing." The company has a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of coercion or misconduct by its employees.
