Nida Khan, identified as the HR head of the TCS Nashik unit in Mumbai and named as an accused in the harassment case, is not on the run and remains in Mumbai, where she is also expecting her first child, according to her family.
According to Hindustan Times, Khan’s family also confirmed that she does not work for the BPO’s human resources team, as is being widely reported by television channels and on social media.
Her designation is that of tele-caller, and she is part of the sales team, the family stated, adding that she joined the BPO in December 2021, and is not among its senior employees.
“She has never been associated with the HR team," the family was quoted by HT.
Her younger brother informed that a photograph of hers with the designation ‘HR head’ of the Nashik unit of the firm, which is going viral on social media platforms, was taken from her Instagram account. He added that the designation was superimposed on it.
Notably, Nida Khan is one of the eight employees who have been accused of alleged rape, sexual harassment, religious coercion, and other kinds of harassment of their co-workers at TCS’s Nashik BPO.
While seven of the accused were arrested, the police claimed that Nida Khan is absconding.
As per the report published in HT, Khan’s father said that he was very proud of her daughter for for securing a job in a multinational company, however, he now regrets encouraging her to work.
“It would have been better if she had not worked at all. Such terrible things are being said about her, none of which are true. We have been so upset. Her mother has taken ill," said the father who runs a timber business in the city.
He further stated that his daughter has not done any of these things; she just went to work every day and got in trouble just for saying hi and bye to people.
Reportedly, Nida Khan graduated with a degree in commerce and is at present studying for an MBA degree through correspondence in addition to working.
Khan’s uncle added that after her marriage last year, Nida Khan moved to Mumbai in January this year to be with her husband, where she was working at the company’s BPO at Malad until her suspension on April 9.
Source: News18