Badlapur Sexual Assault Case: The man who was arrested last month for the alleged sexual abuse of two young girls in Mahrashtra's Badlapur has died after sustaining bullet injuries in retaliatory firing that ensued after he snatched a police weapon and fired at a policeman, the police informed on Monday. 

An official cited by news agency PTI said the incident took place when the main accused, Akshay Shinde, was being taken to Badlapur from Taloja jail for investigation. According to the police's version, Shinde snatched a policeman's gun and fired at an assistant police inspector when the police vehicle reached Mumbra bypass.

AKSHAY SHINDE KILLED IN 'RETALIATORY FIRING'

The accused was injured in retaliatory firing, the official claimed. The now-deceased man was arrested last month after it was alleged that he sexually abused two young girls, aged three and four, at the kindergarten where he was employed as a cleaner.

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Surfacing days after the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the case had triggered a massive 'rail roko' protest in Badlapur. In the wake of the agitation, the Maharashtra government was quick to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under an IG-rank police officer and declare a fast-track trial in the case.

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Last week, two separate chargesheets were filed by the SIT in the case. Separate charge sheets were filed because both the incidents took place on different dates, and thus there were two separate FIRs against the same set of accused, ANI had said in a source-based report. According to police sources cited by ANI, both the chargesheets ran into about 500 pages, and in both cases there was sufficient evidence against the accused.

(With inputs from agencies)


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