Badlapur News: Massive protests erupted on Tuesday at Badlapur railway station in Maharashtra's Thane district, and stones were pelted at police as 'rail roko' agitation intensified over the alleged sexual assault of two nursery kids by a male attendant at a local school.
Several local trains were stopped as agitators blocked the tracks.
According to reports, two nursey students were sexually assaulted by a male attendant at a Badlapur school last week. The parents came to know about the incident on August 18 and filed an FIR.
The Maharashtra Police arrested the attendant at the Badlapur school for allegedly abusing the girls studying in the kindergarten at the school.
According to the complaint filed by the parents, the male attendant had sexually abused the girls in the toilet of the school. The girls later confided in their parents that the attendant touched them inappropriately, following which a complaint was lodged and a case was registered against him. He was later arrested, the police said.
The Central Railway chief public relations officer Swapnil Nila told news agency PTI that protesters had occupied the Badlapur railway tracks since 10 am in the morning of 20 August.
The ‘rail roko’ agitation affected train services between Ambernath and Karjat. The local trains on this route have been suspended and the long-route trains have been diverted, Nila said.
"We have requested the protesters to vacate the tracks to resume the rail services in these routes," Nila added.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said he has directed the police that the accused arrested for sexually abusing two girl students at a school in Badlapur in Thane district be booked under the attempt to rape charge.
Further, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered the formation of an SIT headed by Inspector General of Police level senior IPS officer Arti Singh to investigate the sexual abuse incident that took place in Badlapur.
The Thane police commissioner has also been ordered to submit a proposal today to take the case to a fast-track court to take strict action against the culprits.
