NEW DELHI: The household of the deceased accused within the Badlapur sexual assault case moved the Bombay excessive court docket on Tuesday, searching for the institution of a particular investigating staff to probe the alleged “pretend encounter.”
“The accused was in custody when he was shot lifeless in a pretend encounter. It is a cold-blooded homicide by criminals in uniforms,” advocate Katarnaware mentioned.The petition shall be heard by a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday.
This comes a day after Akshay Shinde was killed close to Mumbra bypass in Thane on Monday night when he allegedly snatched the gun of a policeman whereas being ferried in a police car as a part of a probe right into a case towards him on the criticism of his former spouse.
The opposition additionally tore into Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra authorities over the incident and accused it of making an attempt to protect the pro-BJP Badlapur college administration. The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction demanded a Excessive Court docket-monitored probe into the incident, terming it an instance of “state-sponsored terrorism”.
Although the encounter was suspicious, there isn’t a want to point out sympathy for such an individual (Akshay Shinde, mentioned Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut.
“This homicide or encounter that has taken place was performed to save lots of the principle accused (the varsity administration),” he added.
Questioning the circumstances of Shinde’s dying, Raut requested, “How convincing is it {that a} janitor snatches a gun from a policeman and fires a locked weapon? It is a fundamental query”.
In the meantime, Maharashtra’s Crime Investigation Division (CID) will conduct a probe into the dying of the accused Akshay Shinde.
Because the incident is regarding dying in police custody, it is going to be investigated by the Maharashtra CID, a senior official mentioned on Tuesday.
A contractual sweeper on the college in Badlapur, Shinde was arrested on August 17, 5 days after he allegedly sexually abused the 2 ladies within the college bathroom.
