Overview

• A 17-year-old student at a private coaching centre in Beed has accused two staffers of molestation and sexual harassment spanning ten months.
• Beed police arrested the two teachers within days of her late-June complaint and remanded them in custody.
• Former minister Dhananjay Munde alleged one accused has ties to NCP (SP) MLA Sandip Kshirsagar, prompting demands to examine potential political connections.
• MLA Sandip Kshirsagar denied protecting the suspects and said a transparent inquiry will reveal the truth.
• NCP legislator Chetan Tupe pressed for a full accounting in the Maharashtra assembly, asking who shielded the accused.