Badlapur minors’ sexual assault case: Magistrate enquiry concludes five policemen responsible for death of accused in custody
magistrate enquiry has found five policemen responsible for the custodial death of the Badlapur school sexual assault accused Akshay Shinde, paving way for a probe into the case.
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A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale read out from the magistrate report on the Badlapur encounter that was submitted to them and said, «It is said that as per the material collected and the FSL reports, the allegations of the parents of the deceased are justified and these five policemen are responsible for his death.» The bench then noted that as per the law, an FIR has to be registered against the policemen and a probe needs to be carried out. «You are bound to file an FIR based on this magistrate report. Tell us which agency will investigate the matter,» asked the division bench to public prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar.
Shinde, a school attendant, was arrested in August 2024 for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls inside the toilet of a school in Badlapur. The incident led to an outpouring of anger with people taking to the streets, demanding that Shinde be handed over to them for punishment or the government should hang him immediately. Later on September 23, Shinde was killed while being transported in a police van after he allegedly grabbed a policeman's gun to flee. Shinde's parents had petitioned the Bombay High court claiming that it was a «fake encounter» and that their son was killed by the police.
