Badlapur rape accused snatched police revolver and fired, injured in retaliation

Badlapur: Accused Akshay Shinde, accused of exploiting minor girls in a school in Badlapur, Maharashtra, snatched the police revolver in a police vehicle and fired at the police team. The accused fired several rounds at the police team, in which police officers were also injured. Police said that this incident happened when the police team was taking Akshay with them from Taloja jail.

Police said that after the accused fired at the police team, firing was done in retaliation against the accused, in which Akshay was shot. After being injured, he has been admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Badlapur police had arrested Akshay Shinde on charges of sexually exploiting two school girls.

After this incident came to light, parents of school children and local people participated, including a large number of women. During the protest, the protesters vandalised the school and pelted stones at the local railway station during ‘Rail Roko’. The SIT is investigating the matter.

It is being told that he has been married twice. His first wife left him. He got married again just 4 months after his first wife left him. However, his second wife also left him due to his habits. On August 16, a case was registered against him after the case of sexual abuse of two girls in the school bathroom came to light. After this, the police arrested the accused under the POCSO Act.