Massive protest over sexual abuse of Thane school girls: What we know so far

Massive protests erupted over a sexual abuse incident at Thane school. Two girls studying in the kindergarten at a school in Badlapur in the Thane district of Maharashtra. The police arrested the attendant at the school in connection with the incident. According to the complaint, he abused the girls in the toilet of the school.
1. Hundreds of parents of the children studying in the school at Badlapur have been staging a ‘rail roko’ protest at Badlapur railway station since Tuesday morning to condemn the incident of sexual abuse and to demand strict action against the accused.
2. The protest has affected the movement of suburban trains. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde appealed to the parents to exercise restraint as the rail blockade was hampering the functioning of local trains.
3. Heavy security deployed to control the crowd protesting against the alleged sexual assault incident with a girl child at a school in Badlapur.