Badlapur school girls sexually abused: No Maharashtra bandh today

Amid the rain, wearing black bands on their foreheads and arms, leaders and workers of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, comprising the Nationalist Congress Party - Sharad Pawar (NCP-SP), Shiv Sena (UBT), and Congress protested at various locations in Maharashtra on Saturday against the Badlapur incident, where two minor girls were allegedly sexually assaulted.

Former chief minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray joined the protest outside the Shiv Sena Bhavan in Dadar. Attacking the Eknath Shinde-led state government, Thakceray alleged the accused in the case is being supported by the ruling dispensation.

Atrocities against women and girls are increasing in the state and there had been 12 such incidents in just 10 days, said Shiv Sena - UBT Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said that their call for the bandh was constitutional and people have the right to voice their opposition to atrocities.

BJP leaders demanded that the case should be tried in fast track court and accused be punished severely.