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Mumbai: Akshay Shinde, accused of sexually assaulting two minor girls at a school in Badlapur town of Maharashtras Thane district died in police custody Monday evening..
Terming the incident quite unfortunate, CM Eknath Shinde told the media, His former wife accused him of sexual assault and he was being taken for interrogation when he snatched a service weapon and fired at API Nilesh More..
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, too defended the police saying they fired in self-defence after Akshay Shinde snatched a service weapon while he was being taken to Thane in connection with the police probe into allegations against him...
Deshmukhs statement appears to be a reference to an earlier allegation by the Opposition that one of the trustees of the private school in Thane where the alleged sexual assault of the two minor girls took place in August year, the same case in which Akshay Shinde was arrested and booked under relevant sections of the POCSO Act, has ties to the BJP...
Police arrested 24-year-old Akshay Shinde on 17 August for allegedly sexually assaulting two four-year-old girls in the washroom of a private school in Badlapur where he worked as a cleaner..
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