Akshay Shinde, the man accused of allegedly sexually assaulting two four-year-old girls in Maharashtra’s Badlapur last month, was killed in a retaliatory firing on Monday. The incident took place near Mumbra Bypass while the 23-year-old was being taken from Taloja jail to Badlapur for an investigation into a fresh case that his ex-wife had filed.

Days after a charge sheet was filed in the Badlapur sexual assault case involving minor girls, the accused, Akshay Shinde, was shot dead by the Thane Crime Branch in an alleged act of self-defence. Shinde’s father,

The mother of the 24-year-old school sweeper, who is accused of raping two nursery girls in Maharashtra's Badlapur, has challenged the police claim of the events that led to his death in custody yesterday.

More than a month after Badlapur revolted over the sexual assault of two underage girls at a school, Akshay Shinde, the accused, was killed after firing at officers inside a police vehicle.

Thane: The family members of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde have challenged the police claim that he fired at a policeman first following which cops fired in

Mumbai: Maharashtra's Crime Investigation Department (CID) will conduct a probe into the death of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde, officials said on Tuesday.A team of

The family members of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde have challenged the police claim that he fired at a policeman first following which cops fired in self-defence which led to his death.

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.

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.