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