Around 300-400 women in Nashik carried out a protest march on Thursday afternoon to condemn the sexual assault and coercion case in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), as per local police, even as the software major gave the employees at the office there the flexibility to work from home.

Protesters began their march from the TCS’ Nashik office and reached the Collector’s office to hand over a letter condemning the atrocities flagged by employees in nine FIRs. Police deployed in the area said the march was peaceful and ended without incident.

Meanwhile, TCS gave employees the alternative to work from home following reports of sloganeering outside TCS office. As per sources, employees continue to work within the office, taking up the work from home alternative as per their discretion.

Earlier, IT representative body Nasscom said the Indian technology industry operates under strict governance frameworks and unequivocal standards for employee safety, and workplace conduct. It stated that any instance of misconduct or harassment “is isolated in nature and does not reflect systemic pattern within the industry.” Taking note of the issue, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran had announced an investigation into the matter led by Aarthi Subramanian, Chief Operating Officer at TCS.

On Friday, the 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.

Published on April 16, 2026