Overview
- The Special Investigation Team submitted the 1,500‑page chargesheet to the Nashik sessions court on Friday charging four people with rape, sexual harassment, criminal conspiracy and offences under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
- Police say the chargesheet relies on statements of 17 witnesses recorded before a magistrate, medical examination reports, WhatsApp and email trails, mobile data, bank statements and original documents seized from the scene.
- The filing invokes multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections including those for sexual intercourse by a person in authority, deceitful means to obtain sex, abetment and causing disappearance of evidence.
- All accused remain in custody after bail was rejected and TCS has suspended implicated employees while the National Commission for Women has ordered stricter PoSH compliance at the company’s units.
- Investigators stress this charge-sheet covers only the first of nine FIRs, say supplementary charges and filings are expected in the other cases, and warn the probe will continue as more evidence is reviewed.