THANE: The Thane city police arrested two school officials from Badlapur on Wednesday evening after the Bombay high court rejected their anticipatory bail plea a day earlier. Chairman Uday Kotwal and Secretary Tushar Apte , who had been evading authorities for several days, were apprehended in the Karjat area around 9:15 pm.
The officials face charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly failing to report a sexual assault incident involving two minor girls at their school.
The incident sparked widespread outrage when it came to light, leading to a case being registered against the school officials for not reporting the matter promptly.
Two girls, aged four and five years, were allegedly sexually abused by a male attendant inside the school’s toilet in Badlapur, Thane district, in August.
Akshay Shinde, the accused, was arrested but was shot dead by police in an alleged shoot-out on September 23.
The officials face charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly failing to report a sexual assault incident involving two minor girls at their school.
The incident sparked widespread outrage when it came to light, leading to a case being registered against the school officials for not reporting the matter promptly.
Two girls, aged four and five years, were allegedly sexually abused by a male attendant inside the school’s toilet in Badlapur, Thane district, in August.
Akshay Shinde, the accused, was arrested but was shot dead by police in an alleged shoot-out on September 23.
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