Kamran Khan 
On social media, a video of a group of people beating an elderly man at a school in Badlapur, Maharashtra, is going viral. While sharing the video, users claim that “Two 4-year-old girls were sexu@lly abused in a school bathroom in Badlapur, Maharashtra. School sweeper Ashraf Hussain has been arrested in this case. The mob beat up the accused”.
Fact Check
During the investigation, DFRAC found many media reports regarding this incident. According to the Tv9Marathi report, “Accused Akshay Shinde, who lives in Kharwai village in Badlapur East, was only 24 years old but had already been married three times. But all three of his wives have left him. Akshay’s education has been completed till 10th standard. He was working as a cleaner in a school in Badlapur”.
Furthermore, we also found a report from Abplive stating “Akshay Shinde, a cleaning staff member at a school in Badlapur, was arrested for sexually molesting two 4-year-old girls”.
Conclusion
It is evident from the DFRAC’s fact check that the accused in the Badlapur school assault case was Akshay Shinde, not Ashraf Hussian. Therefore, the claim of social media users is misleading.
Siddharth Urmil 
