THANE: The

Thane city police

arrested two school officials from Badlapur on Wednesday evening after the Bombay high court rejected their

anticipatory bail

plea a day earlier. Chairman

Uday Kotwal

and Secretary

Tushar Apte

, who had been evading authorities for several days, were apprehended in the Karjat area around 9:15 pm.
The officials face charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly failing to report a sexual assault incident involving two minor girls at their school.

The incident sparked widespread outrage when it came to light, leading to a case being registered against the school officials for not reporting the matter promptly.
Two girls, aged four and five years, were allegedly sexually abused by a male attendant inside the school’s toilet in Badlapur, Thane district, in August.
Akshay Shinde, the accused, was arrested but was shot dead by police in an alleged shoot-out on September 23.