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Badlapur Sexual Assault Case LIVE: Please follow this space and keep refreshing the page for all the latest updates pertaining to sexual assault on two nursery class girls in a school in Maharashtra's Badlapur that sparked outrage in the state.
The incident took place on August 12-13, 2024 when two four-year-old girls studying in the pre-primary classes of a prominent co-ed school in Badlapur were allegedly sexually assaulted by a 23-year-old male cleaning staff member inside a girls’ toilet.
The accused in the case was identified as Akshay Shinde. He was arrested by the police on August 17 for the incident that took place in Badlapur town in Maharashtra’s Thane district.
On Friday, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray expressed disagreement with a Bombay High Court order restraining political parties from calling a bandh, but asserted the opposition bloc MVA has withdrawn its proposed shutdown in Maharashtra on Saturday over a sexual abuse case in a school.
Addressing a press conference, the former Maharashtra CM said the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has called off the August 24 (Saturday) bandh after the HC order, but leaders and workers from opposition parties will protest against the Mahayuti government with black bands tied around their mouth across the state.
The former CM, whose party is a constituent of the MVA, said he will also join the protest. "We don't agree with the High Court order on bandh," Thackeray maintained.
Earlier in the day, the HC restrained political parties or individuals from proceeding with a Maharashtra bandh over the sexual assault incident, on August 24 or any future date, saying such a protest will paralyse normal life.
Badlapur School Sexual Assault Case: Thane District Education Officer Suspended
The Thane District Education Officer was suspended on Friday for not reporting the Badlapur sexual assault case on time, while the Education Officer of BMC faced the same action for non-installation of CCTV cameras in civic schools in the metropolis.
Making the announcement at a press conference in the BMC headquarters, state school education minister Deepak Kesarkar said the action will send a very strong message that the government will not tolerate such negligence. He said Thane District Education Officer (DEO) Balasaheb Rakshe and BMC's education officer Rajesh Kankal have been suspended.
"Rakshe was suspended for not reporting the Badlapur sexual assault case in time so that action could have been taken quickly. Kankal has been suspended for non-installation of CCTV cameras in BMC schools. I have been following up on this issue for two years and even now work is in process and cameras are yet to be installed," Kesarkar said, as quouted by news agency PTI. Officials said BMC plans to install 2832 CCTV cameras in 123 schools at an estimated cost of Rs 18 crore.
Please follow this space for all the latest updates pertaining to the sexual assault on two schoolgirls in Maharashtra's Badlapur.
Badlapur School Case LIVE: 'This Is Social Outrage Not Political', Says NCP-SP Leader Over Protests In Maha
NCP-SCP leader Jitendra Awhad said "the rape cases that have happened in Badlapur and the whole of Maharashtra, the anger people have on the mind because of it, that was discussed today. This is social outrage, not political outrage...people are hitting the streets..."
#WATCH | Maharashtra: NCP-SCP leader Jitendra Awhad says, says, " The rape cases that have happened in Badlapur and the whole Maharashtra, the anger people have on the mind because of it, that was discussed today. This is social outrage, not political outrage...people are hitting… pic.twitter.com/4Ss9BvkWCl
— ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2024
Badlapur School Case LIVE: Sharad Pawar Says Sexual Assault Incident Hit Maharashtra’s Image In India
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the incident of the alleged sexual abuse of two minor girls at a Badlapur school has hit the image of Maharashtra in the country. Pawar, who took part in a silent protest in Pune, accused the state government of forgetting that the responsibility for the safety of women lies with it.
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