Badlapur sexual assault case: Minister Girish Mahajan meets protestors, govt orders suspension of 3 cops amid outrage

Amid massive outrage over the sexual assault of two minor girls in Maharashtra's Badlapur, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday ordered suspension of three cops from Badlapur Police station.

“Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered the Thane Police Commissioner to immediately suspend the senior police inspector, assistant sub-inspector and head constable of Badlapur police station who delayed action in the initial stage of the Badlapur incident,” said office of DCM in a post on X.

Stating that the incident of rape in Badlapur is very serious, Fadnavis said, “I strongly condemn this incident. The state government has formed an SIT under the leadership of a woman officer of IG rank to investigate the case.”

Fadnavis added that the government is trying to get the case to the fast-track court so that the victim's family can get justice as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan also visited Badlapur station and interacted with the people protesting there.

Reacting to protest, Mahajan said that protest has been ongoing for the past 5-6 hours, and it is natural, because this is such an incident that nobody is going to support it. "It is an extremely shameful incident. We too want that the culprit be punished at the earliest. Those who showed any negligence, action will be taken against them."

A BJP MLA from the Murbad assembly constituency in Thane district, Kisan Kathore, alleged the protest at Badlapur railway station is politically motivated, reported PTI.

He claimed agitators have come from neighbouring areas and not from Badlapur.

On August 17, police arrested an attendant at the school for allegedly sexually abusing two girl students, aged three and four years.

Meanwhile, Vijay Wadettiwar, the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly, alleged that the parents of a girl were made to sit at the police station for 11 hours to file their complaint.