Maharashtra sets up commission to probe custodial death of Badlapur sex abuse case accused

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday set up a commission to investigate the custodial death of a man accused of sexually abusing two minor girls in Badlapur near Mumbai in August, The Hindu reported.

The single-member commission consists of Dilip Bhosale, a retired chief justice of the Allahabad High Court.

The accused, Akshay Shinde, allegedly sexually abused the minors on August 12 in their school, where he worked as a janitor. Four days later, one of the children reported the incident to her parents who approached the police. Shinde was arrested on August 17.