Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed the police department to adopt a zero-tolerance approach in the alleged religious conversion case at the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) unit in Nashik. He has asked the police to ensure a thorough probe and examine every possible pattern and angle in the case to ensure that the accused are brought to justice.

The directions were issued at a high-level meeting called to review the law-and-order situation. Top home officials such as additional chief secretary for home Manisha Mhaiskar; director-general of police Sadanand Date; and Nashik police commissioner Sandeep Karnik, among others, were present in the meeting. Among the major crime cases discussed was the alleged sexual harassment and religious conversion case at the TCS unit, in which seven accused are under arrest.

Mr Fadnavis further said that the Nashik police brought this case to light on their own and did a commendable job. However, the investigation must now be equally strong, he said. The Nashik TCS case, in which a victim has alleged serious crimes such as rape, sexual harassment and religious coercion by her co-workers, has been in the spotlight for the last few days.

A senior official present at the meeting said that the CM directed the police to ensure that no angle was left unexplored. During the review meeting, Mr Fadnavis also called for intensified action in the Goregaon drugs case, in which two MBA students died during a concert at the NESCO Exhibition Centre in Goregaon on April 11 due to suspected drug overdose.