State Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar has announced the suspension of two education of ficers, Balasaheb Rakshe from Thane district and Rajesh Kankal from Mumbai, on Friday. Rakshe was accused of failing to inform the minister about a recent sexual assault case in Badlapurwhile Kankal was held responsible for delay in installing CCTV cameras in the civic-run schools in Mumbai. Following the recent incident at a school in Badlapur, where a member of the cleaning staff allegedly sexually assaulted two four-year-old girls, residents of the suburb had staged a rail roko at Badlapur railway station on August 20.
The demonstration disrupted Central Railway services beyond Ambernath.
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