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Badlapur sexual assault case shocking; can't compromise on safety of girls: HC
Updated On: 22 August, 2024 01:47 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The court had taken suo motu cognisance of the incident where two four-year-old girls were sexually assaulted inside the school`s washroom at Badlapur in Thane district by a male attendant on August 12 and 13. The FIR in the Badlapur sexual assault case was registered only on August 16 and the accused was arrested a day later
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Protestors blocked the railway tracks at Badlapur railway station in protest against the sexual assault of two girls at a school, in Thane district, on Tuesday. Pic/PTI
The Bombay High Court (HC) on Thursday termed the Badlapur sexual assault incident as "absolutely shocking" and said that there cannot be any compromise on the safety and security of girls. Two girls, aged four, were sexually assaulted by a male attendant at their school in Badlapur in Thane district on August 12 and 13.
A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan stated that action ought to be taken against the school authorities for not reporting the incident despite being aware of it. It also slammed the police over the delay in registering the first information report (FIR) in the Badlapur sexual assault case and for not recording the second girl`s statement.
"We are appalled that the Badlapur police has not taken any steps to take the statement of the second girl till date," HC said.
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