A male employee at TCS Nashik has alleged religious harassment. He was forced to offer Namaz, Kalma and eat non-vegetarian food. Police have arrested 9 people in this case.
Mumbai: The Nashik branch of the country’s well-known IT company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is once again in the headlines. First there were allegations of sexual harassment against female employees and now a male employee has also made shocking revelations. The employee alleges that he was forcibly made to wear a cap and offer namaz. Not only this, lewd comments were also made about his personal life. In an interview with India Today, he said that he was mocked for not having children and was told, “If you want a child, send your wife to me.”
According to the victim employee, Tausif Attar and Danish Shaikh were targeting him ever since he joined the job in 2022. He told, “I am a Hindu, but I was forced to recite the Kalma and my Rudraksha rosary was removed.” It is alleged that after the night shift, he was taken to hotels and forcefully fed non-vegetarian food, although he is a vegetarian.
The employee further told that on the day of Eid in 2023, he was forcibly made to offer Namaz and his pictures were shared in the official groups of the office and he was humiliated. When his father suffered paralysis, the accused said that his father would be cured if he converted to Islam.
In this case, the police have so far arrested about nine people including Danish, Tausif and HR executive Nida Khan. The police intensified this action when a 23-year-old female employee lodged a complaint of sexual harassment. The victim male employee also says that when he did not listen to the accused, an attempt was made to get him fired from the job by filing false complaints against him. This harassment continued till March 2026. At present, the police have registered about nine cases related to the Nashik branch of this IT company.