In the wake of a massive protest at Badlapur in Maharashtra`s Thane district over the alleged Badlapur sexual assault of two kindergarten girls, internet services in the town were suspended while most schools remained shut on Wednesday, officials said, reported news agency PTI.

At least 17 city police personnel and around eight railway cops were injured in the incidents of stone-pelting at the railway station and other parts of Badlapur during the protest on Tuesday and the investigators have arrested 72 persons in connection with the violence, they said, reported PTI.