India, May 9 -- Nashik city police have booked a first-time AIMIM corporator from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mateen Patel, for allegedly sheltering Nida Khan, the absconding accused in the TCS-linked BPO sexual exploitation and religious coercion case. Khan was arrested in Sambhajinagar on Thursday and produced before the Nashik Sessions Court on Friday. She has been remanded to police custody until May 11.

Patel had allegedly provided a house in the densely populated Naregaon area to Khan, who was living there for a while with her parents, brother and an aunt. The house belonged to someone known to Patel. He also arranged food for them and kept in touch with Nida and her family, police sources said.

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