Man held for molesting differently-abled girl at civic hospital in Thane

A man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a differentlyabled girl on the premises of a civic hospital in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Tuesday reported the PTIThe incident occurred at the civic hospital in Kalwa on Monday morning an official saidAccording to the PTI The 42yearold accused allegedly brought the 11yearold girl to the hospital around 11 am and molested her A relative of one of the patients caught the man in the act and raised an alarm he saidThe accused a resident of the Vitawa area in Thane has been arrested under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act the official saidThe local police are probing the case he saidSexual abuse of girls School principal among 3 suspended parents stage rail blockade over incidentMeanwhile in an another incident the management of a school at Badlapur in Maharashtras Thane district has suspended its principal and two staffers in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of two girls while angry parents of the school children have been staging a blockade since Tuesday morning at the local railway station seeking stringent action against the accused reported the PTIHundreds of irate parents and local citizens came onto the tracks at the Badlapur railway station around 8 am and blocked the path of trains to draw the administrations attention to their demand The protest has affected the movement of trains on Up and Down routes since around 8 amOn August 17 the police arrested a school attendant at the school for allegedly abusing two girls studying in the kindergarten aged three and four years As per the complaint he abused the girls in the toilet of the schoolThe girls had told their parents that the attendant touched them inappropriately following which a complaint was filed and a case was registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act He was later arrested the police saidIn the wake of the incident the management of the school said on Monday late evening that it has suspended the principal a class teacher and a female attendant holding them responsible for itThe school management also tendered an apology over the episodeIt said it has blacklisted the firm which has been given the contract for housekeepingVigilance on the school premises will be increased in the wake of the incident the school authorities saidThe Badlapur police also transferred the police station incharge for allegedly failing to act when the parents approached the police an official saidOn Tuesday morning a large group of the parents of the children studying in the school gathered outside the institution to demand strict action against those guiltywith PTI inputs