Shinde was killed near Mumbra Bypass in Thane on Monday evening when he allegedly snatched the gun of a police personnel while being ferried in a police vehicle.

The 23-year-old man accused of raping two nursery school girls in Badlapur, Maharashtra was shot dead by cops after he snatched a constable's gun and fired at a police officer, the police have said.

The accused in the sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a private school in Maharashtra's Badlapur was killed in an encounter on Monday (23 September). The 23-year-old accused Akshay Shinde, who worked as a cleaning staff in the school,

Shiv Sena workers display posters and distribute sweets at Badlapur railway station in Thane, a day, after Badlapur sexual assault accused Akshay Sh

Akshay Shinde grabbed a revolver from a police personnel and shot at the cop. Other police personnel present there shot back at Shinde in retaliatory firing, after which he was grievously injured.

Akshay Shinde was accused of sexually assaulting two minor girls at a school in Badlapur town of Maharashtra's Thane district

Speaking to the media about the Badlapur rape accused's killing, Devendra Fadnavis said that police officers opened fire to protect themselves after the accused snatched a cop's weapon and opened fire at them.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde defended the police shooting of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case, as "self-defence," while the Opposition called it an "encounter", demanding a judicial probe.

The opposition leaders asked if Akshay Shinde was killed to destroy evidence in a case that had triggered national outrage.