Amid massive outrage over the sexual assault of two minor girls in Maharashtra’s Badlapur, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday ordered the suspension of three policemen of the Badlapur police station.
“Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered the Thane Police Commissioner to immediately suspend the Senior Police Inspector, Assistant Sub-Inspector and Head Constable of Badlapur Police Station who had delayed action in the initial stage of the Badlapur incident,” the DCM office said in a post on Twitter.
Fadnavis termed the Badlapur rape incident as very serious and said, “I strongly condemn this incident. The state government has formed an SIT led by a woman officer of IG rank to investigate the case.”
Fadnavis said that the government is trying to take this case to the fast track court so that the victim’s family can get justice as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan also visited Badlapur station and interacted with the people protesting there.
Reacting to the protest, Mahajan said that the protest has been going on for the last 5-6 hours and it is natural too, because this is an incident that no one is going to support. “This is a very shameful incident. We also want that the culprits should be punished as soon as possible. Action will be taken against those who have been negligent.”
