AIMIM corporator held for sheltering accused in Nashik religious coercion case

Patel’s lawyer, Ajaysinh Bhosale, said a local court issued a non-bailable warrant against his client, as he failed to appear before it on July 28. He added that police produced Patel before the court of the additional sessions judge K G Joshi after arresting him, and he was sent to judicial custody until August 11.

The Nashik Police arrested and produced Patel in the court after bringing him from Sambhajinagar following the issuance of a non-bailable warrant.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the case, has accused Patel of sheltering Nida Khan for 42 days before her arrest. It named him as a co-accused in the case registered against Khan, Danish Shaikh and Tausif Attar on a BPO employee’s complaint accusing them of sexual harassment and religious coercion.