AIMIM corporator held for sheltering accused in Nashik religious coercion case
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) corporator Mateen Patel was sent to judicial custody until August 11 for sheltering Nida Khan
Mateen Patel, a corporator from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Sambhajinagar, has been arrested for allegedly providing shelter to Nida Khan, one of the accused in a sexual harassment and religious coercion case linked to a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) BPO in Nashik. Patel's lawyer, Ajaysinh Bhosale, informed the court that Patel was arrested after failing to appear in a local court on July 28.
The Nashik Police produced Patel before additional sessions judge K G Joshi, who sent him to judicial custody until August 11. Patel, along with Nida Khan, Danish Shaikh, and Tausif Attar, is accused of sexually harassing and coercing a female employee of the BPO, allegedly for religious conversion. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case claims Patel sheltered Khan for 42 days before her arrest and named him as a co-accused.
Patel has denied personal knowledge of Khan and stated he only helped a family find a rented house. Attar and Khan were released on bail in July, although Shaikh remained in custody. The prosecution alleges that Shaikh, Khan, and Attar attempted to convert the complainant, who is from a Scheduled Caste, by providing an Islamic book and robe and exploiting her religious sensitivities.
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