Hyderabad, April 15 -- The Nashik TCS case, which has drawn national attention, political intervention and a statement from Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran, may have a more complicated origin than the dominant narrative suggests. According to the wife of one of the accused, speaking to The Indian Express on condition of anonymity, the entire chain of events traces back to a single falling-out between two colleagues.

"It was a relationship gone wrong between Danish Shaikh and one of the complainants that has ruined the lives of all the others," she said. "Cases not linked to each other have been clubbed."

What the case is about

The allegations centre on a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) business process outsourcing (BPO) u...