Nashik TCS Case: Accused Shafi Sheikh Alleges Assault By Inmates, Seeks Protection In Jail

Last Updated:April 17, 2026, 08:54 IST

Shafi Bikhan Sheikh, one of the accused in the Nashik TCS sexual harassment and religious conversion case, has alleged physical assault by inmates at the Nashik Road Jail

Police detain a senior employee of TCS in Nashik, on April 15, 2026. (PTI)

Shafi Bikhan Sheikh (36), the main accused in the Nashik TCS sexual harassment and forced religious conversion case, has alleged that he was beaten in jail by other inmates.

Sheikh and another accused, Raza Rafiq Memon (35), were arrested afresh on Wednesday after being remanded in judicial custody. They were produced in-camera before a local court on Thursday, during which Sheikh alleged physically assaulted by other inmates.

There are no reports yet of any medical examination conducted on Sheikh following allegations of assault. As per reports, he has now sought police protection within the jail.

The judge remanded them in two-day police custody till April 18.

They are booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 74 (outraging woman’s modesty),75 (sexual harassment) and 79 (word, gesture, act, or object used with the intention to insult the modesty of a woman).

Seven employees — six men working at the Nashik unit of TCS and a woman HR manager — have been arrested in nine cases registered so far.

The police formed a special investigation team (SIT) earlier this week to probe complaints lodged by eight women employees who claimed that senior colleagues mentally and sexually harassed them, and the human resources department ignored the complaints. Some of the complainants also alleged that the accused tried to convert them forcibly, and hurt their religious sentiments.

A day later, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said that the complaints and allegations emerging from the Nashik office of TCS were “gravely concerning and anguishing”, and a thorough investigation was underway under Chief Operating Officer Arathi Subramanian to establish the facts and identify individuals responsible for the situation.

The National Commission for Women has also set up a fact-finding committee to probe the allegations.

City police, meanwhile, on Thursday said that some news channels and social media handles were broadcasting videos or posts which could reveal the identity of the women victims. Revealing the identity of any victim woman directly or indirectly is a crime and it also causes immense anguish to victims and their families, police stated.

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