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Badlapur Sexual Assault Case: Kalyan Court Sends Accused Akshay Shinde To 14 Days Of Judicial Custody

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Badlapur Sexual Assault Case: Kalyan Court Sends Accused Akshay Shinde To 14 Days Of Judicial Custody

Thane: A Kalyan Court has sent the sole accused in the Badlapur alleged rape case of two little girls, Akshay Shinde, to 14 days of judicial custody, lawyers said here on Monday.

Shinde, 23, was produced before the court under tight security after his second police remand of three days ended in the case involving two nursery girls aged 4 and 6 studying in the Adarsh Vidya Prasarak Sanstha (AVPS) school. The two were allegedly abused in the school toilet on August 12-13. The accused was arrested on August 17 and sent to police custody which was extended on August 26 even as all lawyers in the Kalyan Bar Association have resolved not to defend him in the case that has created a massive national furore.

Akshay Shinde appeared before Special Women Judge V. A. Patrawale, who heard the matter where the Public Prosecutor informed that charges under POCSO had been added in the case, and then remanded the accused to judicial custody for a fortnight. Simultaneously, the police have also booked the AVPS President, Secretary, and school principal in the same case.

Maharashtra Govt Forms SIT To Investigate The Matter

Following massive public outrage and protest in Badlapur town on August 19, the Maharashtra government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the heinous alleged double crime, suspended the AVPS board of trustees and appointed an Administrator to manage the affairs for now. The government has also initiated a series of other initiatives for the safety of school children like compulsory installation of CCTVs, only women support staff for toilets or changing rooms, full background check of all staffers appointed to various positions, etc.

Maharashtra Congress General Secretary Demands Full Security Audit Of All Schools In The State

The Maharashtra Congress General Secretary, Sachin Sawant has demanded a full security audit of all schools in the state to ascertain if relevant infrastructure and safety measures are in place or not, as several similar incidents have come to the fore in the state in the past couple weeks, and Mahila Congress President Sandhya Savvalakhe has formed district-wide Women’s Justice Committees to help women facing atrocities of all kinds.

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Maharashtra, Mysuru Police Bust MDMA Factory On Ring Road; ₹100 Crore Drugs Seized, Four Held

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Bengaluru: In a joint operation, the Maharashtra police and Mysuru police have raided a narcotics manufacturing factory on the outer ring road of Mysuiru and seized 13 kg of MDMA and 37 kg of liquid being used to manufacture MDMA, all worth over Rs 100 crore in the international market.

Interestingly, the narcotics manufactured here were being supplied to Maharashtra and the raiding police squad have arrested four persons in this connection. The Mysuru city Commissioner has suspended the Narasimharaja police station inspector Lakshmikanth Talawar for dereliction of duty, under whose jurisdiction the factory comes.

Recently, a drug peddler who was arrested by the Maharashtra police had confessed that he was procuring drugs from Mysuru. He had told the police that a large quantity of the MDMA was stored in Mysuru either in the form of powder or pills and was being supplied to Maharashtra.

Based on the information, the Maharashtra police approached the Mysuru City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, who organised the raid. In the early hours on Sunday, the police team raided an old garage near Belavattha in the outer ring road. Among the four arrested, two are from Mysuru and the other two are outsiders. The police have refused to divulge any details of the arrested, as it would hamper the future investigations.

Reacting to the drug factory in Mysuru, Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that it was a disturbing development, as Mysuru was a quiet place without much such activities.

“Now we have unearthed the factory, we are taking strict action against such activities. Even our police are investigating various angles of the incident,” he added.

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Mumbai: 11 Months On, No Action Against Cops Who Planted Drugs On Innocent Man In Kalina

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Mumbai: There has been no significant progress in the drug planting incident in Kalina involving four police personnel, even after almost 11 months.

The Vakola police have neither taken any action against the four accused police personnel, nor have they filed the chargesheet or properly recorded eyewitness statements. They have also not added additional NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) sections to the case, applying only bailable sections instead. As a result, the accused were granted anticipatory bail.

About The Case

On August 30, 2024, four policemen allegedly planted drugs in the pocket of 31-year-old Dylan Estbeiro, an innocent man working at a livestock farm in Kalina, Santacruz East. The entire incident was captured on CCTV, exposing the four police personnel.

The incident dates back to August 30, 2024, when PSI Vishwanath Omble and three constables – Imran Shaikh, Sagar Kamble, and Yogendra Shinde (also known as Dabang Shinde) – in plain clothes from the Khar police station visited Shahbaz Khan’s livestock farm in Kalina, Santacruz East, where Dylan Estbeiro was working. They allegedly frisked Dylan and planted 20 grams of mephedrone in his pocket during a staged search, later accusing him of drug possession.

The entire incident was captured on CCTV, which was later reviewed and shared publicly by Shahbaz Khan. Following the release of the footage, Dylan was released by the Khar police. The video sparked public outrage, prompting then-Deputy Commissioner Raj Tilak Roushan to suspend all four officers on August 31. Nearly three and a half months after the incident, the case was filed under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

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Mumbai Crime News: Father, Brother-in-Law Booked Under POCSO For Sexually Assaulting Minor Girl; One Arrested

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The Sewree Police have registered a case against the victim’s father and brother-in-law under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and rape charges for sexually abusing a minor girl. While the police have arrested the brother-in-law, the father remains absconding after the case was filed. Authorities are conducting a search for the accused.

The victim, a 16-year-old girl, alleged in her complaint that in April 2024, her father covered her face with a cloth while she was sleeping at home and sexually assaulted her. He also threatened to kill her mother if she disclosed the incident, leaving the victim too terrified to speak out. Later, in March (year unclear—needs verification), when the girl was alone at home, the accused allegedly molested her again.

After the victim recently approached the police, a case was filed under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rape and the POCSO Act. The brother-in-law has been arrested, while the father is still at large.

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