Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has said that those who had protested at Badlapur against the alleged Badlapur sexual assault on two kindergarten girls at a school were locals and not outsiders as claimed by the Maharashtra government, reported news agency PTI.

In a post on X late on Wednesday night, Raut shared a copy of the police remand application of the people arrested for rioting at Badlapur station which said that most of the protesters were locals. In the post, Raut also tagged Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.