Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]September 6 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey slammed the Mahayuti government over law and order in the state, alleging that the government is busy with politics and has no time for the welfare of the people.

“Yesterday, there was a shooting incident in Badlapur after which the entire Badlapur took to the streets and protested,” said Anand Dubey, leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT).

Criticising Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis, he said, “Law and order has completely broken down in Maharashtra. Where is Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis?” “The government is busy playing politics, contesting elections, forming governments and dissolving parties,” the Shiv Sena leader said.

He said our train stations are not safe, our bus stops are not safe and crimes occur regularly.

“Will you also look into law and order? Did you form the government in Maharashtra for the welfare of the people or to create trouble for the people?” he added.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday attacked the Eknath Shinde government in the state over the Badlapur incident in which two minor girls were allegedly sexually abused. He also questioned the state government's silence on the disappearance of CCTV footage from the school in the case.

Raut said, “The Chief Minister (Eknath Shinde) and the Home Minister (Devendra Fadnavis) are not talking about it, we are talking about it. Who made the CCTV footage disappear from the school? The head of the institution must have done this. Why did he do it? Just to save a policeman or is there some other secret behind it? What is the government doing?” Notably, a report from the Women and Child Welfare Department and the Education Ministry on the Badlapur sexual abuse case was earlier handed over to the Education Minister.

Meanwhile, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday recommended three names for the formation of a committee to draft standard operating procedures (SOPs) for police, hospitals and schools in investigating cases of sexual harassment of minors.

On August 31, a court in Thane had accepted a request from a special investigation team to produce the accused in the Badlapur minor sexual assault case.

The confrontation took place in the presence of the Executive Magistrate, during which the survivors identified the accused. The case concerns the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at their school in Badlapur, Maharashtra.

After identifying the accused, the SIT prepared a psychological profile of the accused, which would be helpful in further investigation of the case.

The case of alleged sexual assault has sparked outrage across the state, with numerous protests taking place across the country to demonstrate outrage over the incident.

On August 17, police arrested a school employee for allegedly abusing the girls. (ANI)