India, May 13 -- The Maharashtra government on Tuesday ordered schools in the state to conduct a roll call three times every day, install CCTV cameras on the premises and conduct verification of all school employees.

The directions are part of a set of guidelines to improve security at schools against the backdrop of sexual assault of two kindergarten students in August 2024 within the toilet of a pre-primary school in Badlapur East, Thane district. There were allegations that both the school administration and local police had been reluctant to act. Akshay Shinde, 24, a contractual sweeper at the school, was arrested for the sexual assault on August 17. He was killed by the police on September 23 after Shinde allegedly snatched an offic...