Overview
- The Nashik sessions court, which issued its order on Friday, rejected bail for assistant general manager Ashwini Chainani and five colleagues.
- The judge said Chainani, a member of the workplace harassment committee known as the POSH panel, ignored oral complaints in a way that amounted to abetment.
- Police say the SIT is investigating nine cases that include claims of sexual harassment, molestation, and hurt religious sentiments along with pressure to pray, change diet, and wear religious symbols.
- Prosecutors cited the gravity of the offences and a risk of witness influence, while defence lawyers called the arrests unlawful and plan to seek relief in the Bombay High Court.
- Court records and prosecutors describe a toxic office that led one woman to resign in March 2026 and others to leave Nashik, which underscores why the court kept custody to protect the inquiry.