August 20, 2024: After two nursery students, four year old girls, were sexually abused by the sweeper of a reputed school in Thane district, protests erupted at Badlapur railway station on Tuesday where local trains were stopped and agitators blocked the tracks. 
CPRO Central Railway said, “Local trains stopped at Badlapur railway station where protesters agitated against the alleged sexual assault incident with two minor girls at a school in Badlapur.” 
Residents in Badlapur protest against the sexual abuse of two minor girls which occurred last week.
Two four year old nursery students were allegedly sexually abused by a newly hired sweeper at an English medium school in Thane district. The 24 year old accused was arrested on Saturday, but the parents of the victims expressed their dissatisfaction with the police’s handling of the case. 
They claimed that the FIR was registered more than 12 hours after the complaint was lodged and only after the intervention of the District Women and Child Welfare Department.