Badlapur(Maharashtra): The parents of Badlapur rape accused, Akshay Shinde, who was killed in an encounter, have levelled serious allegations against the state government and the home department of shielding other accused. Echoing them, leaders of the Grand Alliance have also slammed the home department for complicity as, despite completion of the report, the SIT has not submitted it to the home department. The opposition leaders have alleged that the report was prepared on instructions from the government.
Shinde was accused of rape of two small children in a school in Badlapur in August. When the parents of the victims went to file a complaint, the police didn’t register it and kept them waiting for twelve hours. Finally, the complaint was filed under pressure from the workers of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Despite that, the police didn’t take any immediate action. Seeing this apathy, the locals staged a violent protest at the Badlapur Railway Station, compelling the government to order an inquiry into the matter.
After it was ordered to take appropriate action against the management of the school where the incident took place and install CCTV cameras on the premises, nothing was done. When it was found that the CCTV footage of 15 days in which the incident took place was missing nobody could come out with a plausible justification. The principal of the school is still at large.
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has alleged that the directors of the institute are absconding so far either the government has failed to arrest them or has helped them flee.