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Maharashtra bandh on August 24 amid growing outrage after Badlapur sexual abuse case

DNA Thursday, 22 August 2024
The sexual abuse of two four-year-old girls at a Badlapur school has sparked widespread agitation and anger across the state. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday called for a Maharashtra Bandh on August 24 to protest the incident and the rising number of crimes against women.
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News video: Thousands protest alleged sexual abuse of schoolgirls in India

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Police in the western state of Maharashtra, India, charged at protesters with batons on Tuesday (August 20) after thousands blocked railway tracks for hours in a demonstration against the alleged sexual abuse of two four-year-old girls by a cleaner at a school outside the financial capital of Mumbai.

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