Badlapur incident: Danve leads protest in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, detained

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Maharashtra Legislative Council Leader of Opposition Ambadas Danve was detained on Sunday after he protested outside the airport in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar against the Badlapur incident.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend a programme in neighbouring Jalgaon on Sunday. PM Modi was supposed to reach the airport and move further to Jalgaon.

Speaking to media outside the Chikalthana Airport here, Danve said, “Police are using force here. Are we terrorists that force is being used against us?” The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader asked why the police did not use their authority in the Badlapur incident and took swift action.

“Nobody does anything when the offence is not registered in Badlapur for 12 hours,” he said.

When asked why he and his supporters were protesting amid an elaborate security arrangement at the airport ahead of PM’s Jalgaon visit, Danve said, “We also care for his security. We respect him as he is the head of our nation. Let the police do their work, we will do ours.” Police then detained Danve and other agitators and took them to the MIDC Cidco police station.

The opposition has been targeting the government after a male attendant allegedly sexually assaulted two kindergarten girls at a school in Badlapur town of Thane district. The accused was arrested on August 17.