Akshay Shinde, the attendant accused of sexually assaulting two four-year-old girl students in a Badlapur school, was produced in the Kalyan court on Friday in connection with the second case registered against him. He was remanded in judicial custody and taken to Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai. The accused, 24, had been brought to the court by the special investigation team (SIT) probing the case amid high security.

Initially, a single FIR was filed, on August 16, at the Badlapur East police station based on the statement of the first victim’s mother. This FIR mentioned the sexual assault of another girl. “Shinde was arrested on August 21 and the police booked the school management, too,” said a police officer.