Sexual harassment at Nashik tech firm, company’s HR official arrested for inaction

MUMBAI: In a shocking case of molestation and sexual harassment in a tech firm in Maharashtra's Nashik, the city police have apprehended the company’s Human Resource (HR) official -- the latest arrest in the case following the unearthing of an ‘organised racket’ operating within the office for about three to four years.

The HR official, identified as Ashwini Ashok Chainani, was taken into custody from Pune’s Loola Nagar after an initial investigation established that complaints of the victims were not acted upon, and he kept dithering over the issue.

A case has been registered under Crime Registration Number 163/2026, pursuant to Sections 75, 78, 79, 49, 356, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.

Police are interrogating him regarding the flagrant violation of women workers at the corporate office and for alleged inaction on their complaints.

The unravelling of the horrifying case of harassment of female employees at the tech office in Nashik, barely 200 kms from Mumbai, sent shockwaves in the police as well as the district administration.