log on to thegoan.net WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21, 2024 @thegoanonline Facebook.com/thegoan The Goan E-Paper (Playstore/IOS) 17 pages PRICE ` 10 PANAJI MARGAO GOA VOLUME X, NO. 64 Instagram.com/thegoanonline RNI: GOAENG/2015/65729 Thane erupts as 2 KG kids sexually abused in school  THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS BLOCK RAILWAY TRACKS  SCHOOL BUILDING VANDALISED  PRINCIPAL, 4 SCHOOL STAFFERS, 3 POLICEMEN SUSPENDED  CM FORMS SIT; FAST TRACK COURT TO HEAR CASE PTI MUMBAI Thousands of protesters on Tuesday blocked railway tracks at Badlapur station in Thane district and stormed a local school building after the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls by the school sweeper in the washroom. Police cane-charged the protesters, who occupied the railway tracks, pelting stones at policemen. Hundreds of protesters, many of them angry parents, vandalised the school building to express their disgust over the sexual assault. Parents made to wait 11 hours in police station before FIR People block railway tracks to protest against the alleged sexual abuse of two girls at a school in Thane. The accused, identified as Akshay Shinde, worked as a cleaner contracted through a third-party company, was arrested. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he has ordered the formation of a special investigation team headed by senior IPS officer Arti Singh. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said action will be taken against the school, adding that the case will be fast-tracked and the guilty won’t be spared. At Badlapur station, incensed protestors were seen shouting hai, hai slogans against the police officials and demanded death penalty for the sweeper allegedly involved in the assault. Maharashtra School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar said `Vishakha committees’’ will be formed in schools, which will also face action if CCTV cameras installed on their premises are found to be non-functional. The panels will provide a platform for raising grievances of girl students, especially those in standards 9th, 10th and junior college, the minister said. A notice has been issued to the Badlapur school, and its principal, two teachers and two assistants have been sus- MUMBAI: The parents of a nursery student who was sexually assaulted in a Thane school have said they got to know about the horrific crime after the parents of another nursery student, who was also sexually assaulted, told them they would file a police case. The parents then took their child for a medical test, which confirmed sexual assault, they said in the first information report (FIR) filed with the police in Maharashtra’s Thane district’s Badlapur city. pended, Kesarkar said. The protest at Badlapur railway station in Thane district continued throughout the day as the crowd, including several women, refused to heed pleas of officials to allow the passage of trains. State minister Girish Mahajan tried to pacify the protesters who raised slogans seeking justice for the victims and capital punishment for the arrested accused. (A Prudent Media Production) This Documentary Film on the life of Sri Siddharoodha Mahaswamiji, shall be released At the hands of Shri. P.S. Sreedharan Pillai Hon’ble Governor of Goa Shri. Shripad Naik Shri. Sadanand Tanavade Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India MP Rajya Sabha, President - BJP Goa Shri. Subhash Faldesai Shri. Sudin Dhavalikar Minister for Power, Govt. of Goa Minister for Social Welfare, Govt. of Goa Shri. Mahesh Tenginkai Shri. Sankalp Amonkar MLA Mormugao MLA Hubballi - Dharwad Central Shri. Basawraj Kalyanashettar Shri. Ganeshanand Swamiji Porvorim Math MD- Swarna Group of Companies Shri. Channabasappa M Hosmani Shri. Rajan Dali Shri. Nitin Mhamal Shri Siddharoodha Trust committee,Hubballi Social Worker, konkan President: Green Karnataka Association Hubballi Proprietor:KRUPA AUSHADHALAYA Ratnagiri Directors of Panchamrutha Industries TODAY 21ST AUGUST 2024 Our Partners Shri. Dr. V.S.V Prasad AGSSSPG