Overview
- Palghar police registered a case Friday under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the POCSO Act after a 17-year-old complained of molestation at a government office.
- The girl, who visited the Zilla Parishad’s education office with her sister on Wednesday, alleged the official touched her inappropriately while explaining scholarship details.
- She raised an alarm, slapped the staffer in self‑defence according to police, and then filed a complaint at the Palghar station.
- Police said cross‑complaints were filed by both sides, and PSI Prajakta Patil is leading the investigation.
- Zilla Parishad CEO Manoj Ranade ordered a Vishakha Committee inquiry, a workplace process for sexual‑harassment cases, as citizens pressed for tighter safeguards in government offices.