Nashik (Maharashtra), Apr 8 (PTI) At least six persons have been arrested after women employees at a Multi-National Company here filed complaints of mental and sexual harassment, police said on Wednesday.
A total of nine First Information Reports have been registered in this connection, officials said, without disclosing the MNC’s name.
Five of the accused, arrested on Tuesday, were produced in a local court on Wednesday and the court remanded them in police custody till April 10. One of the accused is already in judicial custody, said an official.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by ACP (Crime) Sandeep Mitke has been formed to probe the cases on the instructions of police commissioner Sandeep Karnik, he said.
The development follows the arrest of self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, who was patronised by prominent Maharashtra politicians over the years, on rape and sexual exploitation charges by Nashik Police last month.
The police commissioner, meanwhile, has issued an appeal stating that if any woman has any complaint about molestation or sexual assault, she can send a message on WhatApp number 9923323311, or contact control room on 112.
The identity of the complainant woman and institution will be kept confidential, he said. PTI COR KRK
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