{
  "id": 4834212,
  "title": "Maharashtra Horror: Kitchen Helper Arrested Under POCSO After 22 Girls Allege Molestation At Tribal Boarding School In Thane's Shahapur",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/maharashtra-horror-kitchen-helper-arrested-under-pocso-after-22-girls",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T09:04:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-horror-kitchen-helper-arrested-under-pocso-after-22-girls-allege-molestation-at-tribal-school-in-thanes-shahapur-mumbai-news"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thane: A 35-year-old kitchen helper at a Maharashtra government-run tribal boarding school in Thane district was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after 22 female students allegedly accused him of molestation and inappropriate touching. The accused, identified as Ganpat Gavli, worked at the Adivasi Ashram Shala in Tembhe, located in Shahapur taluka,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}