Nida Khan's family reveals details about TCS employee's job, regrets her decision to work: ‘Would have been better if….'

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) employee Nida Khan is making headlines since an FIR was filed by Nashik police based on a BPO employee’s complaint. According to Hindustan Times report, Nida Khan, who is alleged to be the ‘mastermind' in the sexual abuse scandal at a BPO linked to TCS in Nashik, is all set to seek anticipatory bail before the sessions court.

“It’ll be done in a couple of days,” her lawyer Baba Sayyed informed the publication. On Monday, Nashik court extended the police custody of the accused till April 15. In the police complaint, the 23-year-old BPO employee accused her senior colleague Danish Shaikh of sexual harassment and conducting sexual relations under the false pretext of marriage.

According to the police, Nida Khan served as HR Manager at TCS and who tried to coverup the complaint and allegedly shielded the accused, ANI reported. Police officials allege that they recovered around 78 'suspicious' call records, emails and chats exchanged between the accused during the investigation. The police claim that evidence of potential financial transactions can also be traced.

A case under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was lodged against Nida Khan, including section 69 (sexual intercourse obtained through false promise to marry), 75 (sexual harassment), 299 (insulting religion or religious belief), and 3(5) (constructive or joint liability).

A total of 9 FIRs surfaced in the TCS sexual abuse scandal lodged at the Devlali Police Station on March 26, among which Nida Khan has been named in one which is linked to religious harassment. Her family denied police allegations of her being on the run and has claimed that Nida Khan is pregnant and at her home.

5 key things family said about Nida Khan

• Nida Khan's family dismissed allegations of the accused TCS employee being the ‘mastermind’. Rejecting allegations, Nida’s father said, “My daughter has not done any of these things. She simply went to work every day and got into trouble just for saying hello and goodbye to people,” HT reported.
• Nida Khan's father, who runs a timber business in the city, once beamed with pride after his daughter joined a multinational company, now regrets her daughter's decision. Dismissing claims circulating on social media about his daughter as false, he said, “It would have been better if she had not worked at all. Such terrible things are being said about her, none of which are true. We have been so upset. Her mother has taken ill."
• According to Nida's family, she joined TCS as BPO in December 2021 and not as a Human Resources employee.
• Nida's brother further denied reports of his sister's link to the company's HR department. Clarifying that the viral photos circulating on social media are modified, he said that her photograph was taken from Instagram which has been altered with ‘HR head’ of the TCS-linked BPO's Nashik unit superimposed on it.
• Nida's maternal uncle informed the publication that the TCS employee is ‘not running from anything’ and asserted, “So far no police officer has shown up at our door asking for her whereabouts.”