New Delhi: (Badlapur Encounter) Akshay Shinde, the prime accused in the Badlapur rape case of two minor girls at a school in Thane district of Maharashtra, died in an encounter with the police on Monday. The encounter between Akshay Shinde and the police took place when he was being taken from Taloja jail to Thane for treatment.

Badlapur accused killed in encounter

After the Badalpur encounter incident, the police said that while the accused was being taken for treatment, he snatched a constable's gun and shot at the police officer. Assistant Police Inspector Nilesh More was injured in this firing. Police Inspector Sanjay Shinde fired the last shot, in which he was injured. He died in the hospital.

Who is encounter specialist Sanjay Shinde

Sanjay Shinde is considered an encounter specialist. He has also worked with encounter specialist IPS Pradeep Sharma in the anti-extortion cell of Thane Crime Branch. IPS Pradeep Sharma has encountered more than 100 criminals in his career. Pradeep Sharma has also worked in Netflix's docuseries 'Mumbai Mafia: Police vs Underworld'.

Sanjay Shinde had arrested Dawood's brother

Sanjay Shinde arrested underworld don Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar from Thane in a case of extortion in 2017. Sanjay Shinde has previously worked in the Mumbai Police. Sanjay Shinde was included in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Maharashtra government, which is investigating the Badlapur rape case.

Sanjay Shinde has also been involved in controversies

Sanjay Shinde has also been linked to controversies. In 2012, he was questioned after Vijay Palande, an accused in two murder cases, escaped from police custody. His uniform was found in the SUV in which Palande allegedly fled. According to reports, he has also been accused of firing with another policeman. An investigation was also conducted against him.

The family called it a fake encounter

Family members of Akshay Shinde, accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case, called the encounter fake. Shinde's family also claimed that the police were forcibly pressuring him to give a confession in the sexual assault case. Shinde's mother and uncle said that it is wrong to say that he first snatched the gun from the policeman and shot at him and later the police shot at him in self-defense. The police forced him to write this confession that he had committed the crime.

Post-mortem report

Meanwhile, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday night that a high-level inquiry has been ordered into the cause of Shinde's death. A senior Thane police officer said that Shinde's body was taken from Thane's Kalwa Civic Hospital to the government JJ ​​Hospital in neighbouring Mumbai for post-mortem on Tuesday morning. He said that the post-mortem of the body is being done at JJ Hospital. The post-mortem report will also come soon.

What is the Badlapur rape case?

According to the police, 24-year-old Akshay Shinde was accused of sexually assaulting two minor girls at a school in Badlapur town of Thane district. Akshay Shinde, a sweeper at the Badlapur school, was arrested on August 17. Five days before his arrest, he had allegedly sexually assaulted two girls in the school toilet.

BJP targeted the opposition

BJP attacked the opposition over the encounter death of the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case and called the opposition alliance a "Rapist Bachao Gathbandhan". BJP spokesperson Shahzad Poonawala said that on one hand Maharashtra and Badlapur have heaved a sigh of relief, while on the other hand the opposition parties are mourning the death of a rapist. Is this a 'Rapist Bachao Gathbandhan'?