Pune: Shiv Sena (UBT) deputy leader Sushma Andhare on Tuesday called the Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde 's encounter a state-sponsored killing and demanded an a committee headed by a judge to conduct a probe. "Shinde was a pervert and we wanted him hanged but after due judicial process. Govt bypassed that and killed him in an encounter," Andhare told the media in Pune on Tuesday.
She raised several questions about the police action in Thane on Monday. She said, "The state govt claims that Shinde snatched away a police officer's service weapon and fired at the cops. But this theory has raised several questions.
A police pistol is a sophisticated weapon, and it requires training to fire. So who trained Shinde to use that pistol? If he was handcuffed, how could he overpower all the policemen in the vehicle and snatch the pistol?" She said they did not believe that it was police firing in retaliation. "It was a state-sponsored killing.
A similar encounter took place in Telangana where all ten cops involved in the act are facing a murder trial. In Akshay Shinde's case, we demand an independent inquiry by a committee headed by a judge of a court. The inquiry should not be influenced by the state govt," Andhare added.
Chief minister Eknash Shinde-led Shiv Sena workers called it natural justice. Andhare said, "If this is how justice is served, why not use a similar yardstick in the Porsche car accident case to deliver justice for the victims' families? If police s.
