Maharashtra: 3 police officials suspended after minors allegedly sexually assaulted at Thane school
Opposition leaders alleged that the minors’ parents had to wait for 11 hours to file a complaint at a police station in Badlapur, near Mumbai.
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The Maharashtra government on Tuesday suspended three police officials for dereliction of duty in connection with the alleged sexual assault of two girls in Thane’s Badlapur, near Mumbai.
The girls, aged three and four, were allegedly sexually assaulted by a male attendant at their school on August 12. One of them told her parents about the assault on August 16, after which they approached the police.
The accused man was arrested the next day and booked under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, according to PTI.
Opposition leaders alleged that the parents of the girls were made to wait for 11 hours at the Badlapur police station before their complaints were registered, the news agency reported.
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the home portfolio, said that a senior police inspector, assistant sub-inspector and head constable were suspended for delaying action in the case.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced that the case would be fast-tracked in a special court “to ensure strict punishment for the accused”.
Earlier on Tuesday, a large crowd occupied the tracks at the Badlapur railway station to protest the alleged sexual assault, reported the Hindustan Times.
Train services in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region were disrupted as a result. Protestors also occupied roads and highways in Badlapur on Tuesday, reported The Indian...
