{"id":31118,"date":"2024-08-22T11:31:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=31118"},"modified":"2024-08-22T11:31:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:31:18","slug":"schools-closed-and-internet-cut-near-mumbai-amid-protests-over-sexual-assault-on-two-schoolgirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/schools-closed-and-internet-cut-near-mumbai-amid-protests-over-sexual-assault-on-two-schoolgirls\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools Closed and Internet Cut Near Mumbai Amid Protests Over Sexual Assault on Two Schoolgirls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Media reports indicated that internet services were cut and schools remained closed for the second consecutive day in a town near the Indian city of Mumbai today (Wednesday), as protests escalated over an alleged sexual assault on two four-year-old girls, according to Reuters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0The protests in Badlapur, about 50 kilometers from Mumbai, India&#8217;s financial capital, come amid nationwide demonstrations over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in the eastern city of Kolkata.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Media reports stated that authorities had arrested a janitor on charges of sexually assaulting the two schoolgirls inside a school in Badlapur earlier this week.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Local police officials did not respond to calls and messages from the agency yesterday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Angry protesters blocked railway tracks for hours yesterday, demanding justice for the two girls, in a repeat of protests organized by doctors and women&#8217;s groups across the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0The news channel &#8220;ABP&#8221; reported that authorities ordered schools to remain closed and halted internet services for the second consecutive day to suppress any gatherings or protests.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde stated that the case would be handled through a fast-track trial. Shinde said today that the protests had political motivations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Maharashtra, India&#8217;s richest state, is set to hold elections later this year, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, faces a fierce battle against an opposition coalition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Member of Parliament Varsha Gaikwad stated during a protest in Mumbai today that opposition parties in Maharashtra called for a statewide strike on August 24.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies\u00a0 \u00a0Media reports indicated that internet services were cut and schools remained closed for the second consecutive day in a town near the Indian city of Mumbai today (Wednesday), as protests escalated over an alleged sexual assault on two four-year-old girls, according to Reuters. \u00a0The protests in Badlapur, about 50 kilometers from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31119,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31118\/revisions\/31119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}