Nashik, April 12 -- The management of a business process outsourcing (BPO) firm in Nashik has terminated seven of the eight employees named in FIRs registered for alleged rape, sexual harassment and hurting religious sentiments, a company official said. An eighth accused-the firm's HR manager, who handled human resources at the Nashik office-is also "under the radar" of the management. She is currently in police remand. Confirming the developments, a senior functionary of the company's Nashik office, said that the seven accused employees were terminated after their arrest on April 7. Of the seven, six are in magisterial custody, while one is allegedly on the run. Two of those terminated held senior positions-one was a "team lead" and the other a dialler manager-while the remaining five were junior staffers across different teams. "The HR manager is also under the radar of the management following allegations that she failed to intervene after one of the aggrieved staff emailed her on the issue," the company executive said. The company official maintained that the Nashik unit has a functional Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act to address sexual harassment complaints. "We cross-checked with the panel after the incident came to light. None of the aggrieved staff had raised the issue with the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)," the official said. He said, no case of sexual harassment had been reported at the Nashik office since it began in 2017. "We are in constant touch with the top brass of the city police, including the police commissioner Sandeep Karnik, rendering all help in the case," the official added. As many as nine junior employees had lodged complaints against the seven terminated seniors in separate FIRs, accusing them of sexual abuse, harassment and hurting religious sentiments. Separately, one of the victims has also filed a complaint against the HR manager, alleging that she failed to act on an email flagging the offences. Police have registered eight FIRs in phases between March 26 and April 3. Meanwhile, Nashik district collector Ayush Prasad has ordered a probe into the firm's compliance with the POSH Act. Six women police personnel from Nashik city police worked undercover at the BPO office for around 40 days starting mid-February to monitor the conduct of the accused, said police. "The city police had received a tip-off about the notorious acts of six employees in early February this year. A plan was laid out to verify the tip-offs that we had received," said a senior police official. "These female police personnel used to track whether the accused were engaging in misconduct during meetings or at workstations of their female colleagues," officials said. Senior officers remained in daily contact with the undercover personnel. "The feedback from the women police personnel corroborated the negative tip-offs that we had received. On March 26, one of the victims came forward to register the first complaint at Devlali station," officials said....