Normalcy returned to Badlapur, where massive protests were witnessed in the wake of the sexual assault of two minor girls. While citizens went about their daily routines, a heavy police presence was maintained across the city, including at the railway station, as a precautionary measure. The authorities have registered four cases against protesters who had damaged government property and disrupted railway services.

Leaders from Opposition parties and social workers, including child welfare committee officials, visited the Badlapur East police station to pressure the police into acting against the accused, Akshay Shinde, who was produced before the POCSO court in Kalyan on Wednesday morning. He has been remanded in police custody till August 26. Ashwini Bhamre Patil, the public prosecutor told the court the accused was sent to police custody as the offence was serious. The police were yet to find out whether the accused had a criminal background, she added.