Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Woman-Led SIT Probes Alleged Assaults at Latur School
Police in Latur have created a team to investigate complaints about a school founder.
The complaints say that minor girls were sexually harassed.
The school founder, Bashir Usman Shaikh, was arrested earlier this week.
The team is led by a woman police officer named Meghna IN.
It will also look for information about whether anyone else may have been affected.
Police are asking girls with information to speak up.
They say they will protect the girls' identities and safety.
Police in Latur, Maharashtra, formed a Special Investigation Team to investigate alleged sexual assault of minor schoolgirls.
The team is led by IPS officer Meghna IN and was constituted by Latur Superintendent of Police Amol Tambe.
School founder Bashir Usman Shaikh, 54, was arrested earlier in the week and booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and POCSO Act.
Investigators have been asked to determine whether other students or individuals were victims or have relevant information.
Police urged minor girls to report alleged abuse and said their identity and safety would be protected.
- Who
- The Latur police, led by Superintendent of Police Amol Tambe, formed an SIT headed by IPS officer Meghna IN; school founder Bashir Usman Shaikh is the accused.
- What
- A Special Investigation Team is investigating allegations of sexual assault of minor schoolgirls.
- When
- The team was constituted by Sunday; Shaikh was arrested earlier that week.
- Where
- Latur, Maharashtra, with the case registered at MIDC police station.
- Why
- Police cited the gravity and scope of the case and directed the team to investigate possible additional victims and relevant information.
- Investigation team
- Special Investigation Team (SIT)
- SIT leader
- IPS officer Meghna IN
- Constituted by
- Latur Superintendent of Police Amol Tambe
- Accused
- Bashir Usman Shaikh, 54, founder of Adarsh International School
- Laws cited
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
- Case police station
- MIDC police station
- Police assurance
- The identity and safety of girls who report abuse will be protected.