Hyderabad, March 3 -- In a shocking incident of molestation of the minor daughter of Union Minister of Maharashtra Raksha Khadse, some of the accused named in the case have criminal backgrounds and are allegedly close associates of the Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde faction.

The BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Raksha Khadse, logged a police complaint at Muktainagar police station on Sunday, March 2, alleging that her daughter and some of her friends were stalked and harassed by a group of boys at an event in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district on Friday night.

Soon after the news came to light, it generated a political war, with the opposition party accusing the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, of failing ...