‘No One Will Be Spared’: Maharashtra CM Orders Action After Assault Of Young Girls In Badlapur School

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday stated that he has directed the police commissioner to take stringent action against the accused and expedite the case through a fast-track court after two young girls, aged 4, were allegedly sexually assaulted by a school staff in the washroom of a prominent school in Badlapur.

“I have already instructed police commissioner to take hard actions against accused and to take in fast track court,” Shinde told CNN-News18 in an interview.

Maharashtra Chief Minister further noted that any lapses in police administration would not be tolerated. “No one will be spared,” he added.

The accused, Akshay Shinde, a sweeper employed through a third-party company, was arrested after parents pressed for a formal complaint despite initial delays in filing the FIR.

The parents, demanding capital punishment, have sparked widespread protests across Thane district, including a city-wide shutdown and disruption of local train services between Kalyan and Karajat.

The incident also led to administrative changes within the local police force as the senior police inspector of Badlapur police station, who was accused of attempting to suppress the case, was immediately transferred. The parents had alleged that they were forced to wait for over 12 hours to file an FIR.