The Bombay High Court on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over the police encounter of Badlapur sexual assault accused, Akshay Shinde saying "It is difficult to believe this. Prima facie there seem to be issues."
The family of Shahnawaz Kumbhar, who was accused of blasphemy and allegedly killed in a police encounter, has named individuals involved in the burning of his body, sparking public outrage.
Anna Shinde has in the petition filed on Tuesday alleged that his son Akshay Shinde was killed in a fake encounter and demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the case.
The Kushinagar police arrested a person after an encounter with the gang dealing in fake currency notes near Bintolia village of Sevarhi police station. Police have recovered fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 30,000.
The 23-year-old Akshay Shinde died in retaliatory fire at the Mumbra bypass on September 23 when he was being taken from Taloja jail to Badlapur for an investigation into a case filed by his ex-wife.
On the Badlapur sexual assault incident, Thane Police PRO Shailesh Salvi in a press conference on Tuesday said that a case was filed against the accused by his wife as well for which the special team had taken a transfer warrant
The encounter occurred near Kheriya Mirdha village under the jurisdiction of Behta police outpost, Maharajpura police station limits in the district at around 5 in the morning.
Congress Surendra Rajput slammed the Maharashtra government on Tuesday over the "encounter" of rape accused in Badlapur, saying the administration has "failed miserably."
On the Badlapur incident and accused Akshay Shinde's death in a police encounter, Union Minister Ramdas Athawake said that there is no need for politics in the matter and that the action taken by the police was just an action of self-defence.
Outrage is mounting in Pakistan's Sindh province as the Sindh Youth Action Committee announced a sit-in in Umerkot on Wednesday, September 25, demanding justice for Dr Shah Nawaz Kunbhar, a blasphemy suspect killed by police in an alleged encounter.
Bhandari's remarks came after the Congress party recently questioned the "encounter" of the accused in the sexual assault case of two minor girls in Maharashtra's Badlapur.
Mohammad Zahid alias Sonu, a criminal wanted in connection with the murders of two Railway Protection Force (RPF) constables, was killed in an encounter with a joint team from the Special Task Force (STF) Unit Noida in Ghazipur on Monday.