THANE: The Thane metropolis police arrested two college officers from Badlapur on Wednesday night after the Bombay excessive courtroom rejected their anticipatory bail plea a day earlier. Chairman Uday Kotwal and Secretary Tushar Apte, who had been evading authorities for a number of days, had been apprehended within the Karjat space round 9:15 pm.
The officers face prices underneath the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly failing to report a sexual assault incident involving two minor ladies at their college.
The incident sparked widespread outrage when it got here to gentle, resulting in a case being registered towards the varsity officers for not reporting the matter promptly.
Two ladies, aged 4 and 5 years, had been allegedly sexually abused by a male attendant inside the varsity’s rest room in Badlapur, Thane district, in August.
Akshay Shinde, the accused, was arrested however was shot lifeless by police in an alleged shoot-out on September 23.
