India, Aug. 7 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Sambhajinagar corporator Mateen Patel was arrested on Friday for allegedly sheltering one of the accused in the alleged sexual harassment and religious coercion case at a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)-linked Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in Maharashtra's Nashik.

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 Sambhajinag...