TCS Nashik case: Chargesheet reveals victim was made to watch videos of Pakistani clerics, Zakir Naik; details here

Key points

• A chargesheet filed in connection with an alleged sexual harassment and forced religious conversion case involving a TCS employee in Nashik has revealed what investigators describe as a systematic effort by the accused to influence and target the victims.
• One of the complainants told police that she was encouraged to watch videos featuring Pakistani Islamic scholar and preacher Tariq Jamil and Indian preacher Zakir Naik as part of the process.
• According to her statement, which forms part of the chargesheet submitted before a Nashik court last week, the videos were presented as a way for her to gain a better understanding of Islam.
• The complainant further alleged that the accused engaged in a sustained campaign of psychological and religious influence while portraying their actions as an attempt to help alleviate her “mental stress”.
• She told investigators that she was gradually “convinced” to believe that embracing Islam would reduce her mental...