National Commission for Women (NCW) has constituted a Fact-Finding Committee to look into the allegations of sexual harassment at Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) BPO unit in Nashik, Maharashtra.
The committee will visit the place of incident on April 17 and submit its report to the NCW within 10 working days. The Committee comprises of Justice Sadhna Jadhav, Retired Judge of Bombay High Court, B. K. Sinha, Former DGP Haryana, Monika Arora, Supreme Court Advocate and Lilabati, Senior Co ordinator, NCW.
The Committee has been mandated to conduct an on-the-spot inquiry at the TCS facility in Nashik as well as other relevant locations, examine the circumstances leading to the incident and assess the response by authorities. Further, the committee will interact with victims, police officials, company representatives and other relevant stakeholders, identify lapses, if any, and recommend appropriate action against those found responsible. It will also suggest remedial measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents and to strengthen safety mechanisms for women in workplaces.
This investigation will run alongside a company investigation declared by Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran and led by Aarthi Subramanian, Chief Operating Officer at TCS. Currently, a 12-member SIT under an ACP-rank officer is probing the matter, while coordinating with the Intelligence Bureau, Anti-Terrorism Squad and National Investigation Agency.
Last week, Nagpur police had arrested seven individuals Tausif Attar, Danish Sheikh, Shahrukh Qureshi, Raza Memon, Ashwini Chaunani, Shafi Sheikh and Aasif Ansari. Another accused Nida Khan is absconding. The police received nine FIRs from women employees alleging a host of accusation from sexual assault, harassment to injury to religious sentiment and religious coercion from July 2022 to March 2026. One survivor also alleged false promises of marriage by one of the accused. Currently, a 12-member SIT under an ACP-rank officer, is probing the matter, while coordinating with the Intelligence Bureau, Anti-Terrorism Squad and National Investigation Agency.