Badlapur Sexual Assault: 300 FIRS registered, Over 40 arrested after massive protest led to lathi charge and stone-pelting | Parami News

At Badlapur railway station, in Thane district, on Tuesday (August 20, 2024), police personnel lathi charged on protesters who blocked the railway tracks to demonstrate against alleged sexual abuse of two girls at a school.

On Tuesday; there had been a massive demonstration over the alleged sexual assault of two minor girls in Badlapur that led to stone-pelting, disruption of train services and lathi-charge. Over forty people have been arrested by Maharashtra Police and claims made against three hundred others as FIR are said to be registered following a huge protest over rape allegations involving minors in Badlapur that also witnessed stone pelting, disruptions of train services and baton charges on Tuesday (August 20, 2024).

The sitting will take place tomorrow (August 21st). They have heightened security at the railway station as Maharashtra police have deployed police personnel to prevent an incident such as what happened on Tuesday from happening again. About eight railway cops were injured along with seventeen city police during the protests which occurred at Badlapur railway station and various other parts of Badlapur when stones were hurled into trains. Investigators claimed they had detained seventy-two people in relation to violence.

Shops have closed down while connectivity has been terminated in Badlapur. But Railway Police DCP Sudhakar Pathare said that now everything is normal here – “The situation is normal now. Railway movement is also normal. No section has been imposed. Internet services will be suspended for a few days so that rumours do not spread.” Manoj Patil said.

DCP Sudhakar Pathare told Parami on Wednesday that internet services have been shut since yesterday’s protest and subsequent violence. He said “The internet services will be restored after reviewing the situation in the town.” People familiar with local affairs stated that most schools remained closed throughout Wednesday.

Protestors gathered at the Badlapur railway station were lathi charged by the police after the demonstrators blocked the railway track bringing local trains to a halt. Protestors managed to block a track, which in turn led to 12 mail express trains being diverted and another 30 being partially cancelled.

However, after dispersing the protestors, after ten hours of disruption, the railway began running again late at night. “The track has been cleared and the report will be sent to the railway operations so that we can start running them,” said Government Railway Police (GRP) Commissioner Ravindra Shisve while speaking with reporters. “There was an outrage over alleged sexual assault on two fourth-grade girls in Badlapur Maharashtra’s school attended by one of them. On August 17 police arrested an attendant for allegedly abusing the girls.”

Tear gas was thrown at school where crime took place, when enraged residents started stoning it this morning before dawn; earlier that day on Tuesday. He further stated that Special Investigation Team (SIT) had been appointed into case of alleged sexual molestation of two minors at a Badlapur school in Maharashtra on Tuesday.

On X, Deputy Chief Minister Fadnavis also ordered immediate suspension of senior police inspector as well as his assistant sub-inspector and head constable from Badlapur Police Station who delayed taking action during initial stage of Badlapur incident. “In relation to unfortunate event happened in Badlapur, IPS Arti Singh is immediately appointed for inquiry,” he posted on his social media handle Devendra Fadnavis

They will file the charge sheet soon and this matter will be heard in a fast-track court. Our police department will make all efforts possible to ensure that such barbaric, inhumane people are dealt with promptly.

The opposition parties have targeted the Mahayuti government on the issue.