Overview
- The court, which heard the plea in-camera on Monday, set May 2 for the decision and gave no interim protection from arrest as police say Nida Khan is untraceable.
- Prosecutors told the judge Khan groomed a Scheduled Caste complainant by giving a burqa and religious books, installing prayer apps, teaching namaz and hijab use, and pushing a name change to “Haniya.”
- Investigators said the case now examines alleged conversion paperwork routed through Malegaon and a plan to send the woman to Malaysia for a job via a contact named Imran.
- The SIT asked for custody to examine phones, diaries, and a possible money trail, while the defence denied conversion claims and argued Maharashtra has no dedicated anti-conversion law.
- Police say nine FIRs are under one SIT probe with several co-accused in custody, and TCS says it suspended the employees named and is cooperating with investigators.