Badlapur: Enormous protests had damaged out over the intercourse assault of two 4 yr previous ladies
New Delhi:
The accused within the Badlapur intercourse assault case died in a taking pictures right this moment after he snatched a gun from a policeman. The accused, Akshay Shinde, 23, had sexually assaulted two four-year-old ladies in kindergarten. Dad and mom had held enormous protests.
This is your 10-point cheat sheet to this huge story
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Akshay Shinde labored as a cleaner within the college in Badlapur metropolis in Maharashtra’s Thane district. He was arrested on August 17. He allegedly assaulted the 2 youngsters within the college bathroom.
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The dad and mom of one of many two nursery college students, who was sexually assaulted, had mentioned they received to know concerning the horrific crime solely after the dad and mom of the opposite nursery pupil informed them they’d file a police case.
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What’s extra stunning, the dad and mom had mentioned, was the police’s lengthy delay in submitting the primary info report (FIR) – whereas the sexual assault occurred on August 13, the police filed the case solely on August 16.
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An enormous protest had damaged out in Thane over the sexual assault. They alleged the varsity of attempting to brush the matter below the carpet. Hundreds of protesters had flocked to the native practice station in Badlapur and blocked rail motion.
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The dad and mom and different protesters had demanded the dying penalty for the 23-year-old accused.
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Lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, a Padma Shri awardee, who has labored on high-profile homicide and terrorism instances together with the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults, was appointed particular public prosecutor within the case.
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The Bombay Excessive Courtroom took up the case by itself (suo moto). “If faculties should not a protected place… then what’s the level of speaking about the fitting to schooling?” the excessive court docket mentioned in a scathing remark.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde promised to take motion in opposition to the varsity, and fast-track the case. The state authorities ordered all faculties to put in CCTVs inside a month.
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If any college refuses to put in CCTVs throughout the time interval mounted by the federal government, their licences can be withdrawn, the state authorities had mentioned.
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Within the college the place the 2 youngsters had been sexually assaulted, all of the CCTV cameras weren’t working and the recordings for the 15 days previous to the assault had been discovered lacking.
