India, May 26 -- The Nashik city police special investigation team (SIT) on Monday questioned two persons from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, including first-time AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) corporator Mateen Patel, over their alleged links with Nida Khan, one of the eight accused arrested in the TCS-linked BPO case involving allegations of sexual exploitation and religious coercion.

The other person questioned was Hanif Khan, at whose house Nida had allegedly stayed with her family while she was absconding.

Senior SIT officials, led by assistant commissioner of police Sandip Mitke, interrogated Patel and Khan at the Nashik police commissionerate from Monday afternoon.

Patel's advocate, Abhaysinh Bhosale, said that the d...