Maharashtra Minister Defends Police Action Against Protesters Over Alleged Assault

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Girish Mahajan defended police action against protesters who blocked rail tracks at Badlapur station. The protest was over the alleged sexual assault of two minor girls by a school sweeper. The opposition accused the government of mishandling the situation and politicizing the crime.

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Girish Mahajan has justified the police action taken against protesters at Badlapur station in Thane district. Demonstrators obstructed rail tracks for hours, demanding justice for the alleged sexual assault of two minor girls at a local school by a sweeper.

As train services resumed after a 10-hour disruption, Mahajan stated that the government had accepted most of the protesters' demands but could not agree to their call for the public execution of the accused perpetrator.

Opposition leader Ambadas Danve announced plans for a state-wide agitation, criticizing both the government's and the police's handling of the incident.