5 Cops Held Responsible for Badlapur 'Fake' Encounter

Magistrate Report Says No Fingerprints of Deceased Found on the Gun

- SUDHIR SURYAWANSHI

A magistrate's inquiry has held five Maharashtra policemen responsible for the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case, raising doubt on police claims that the accused opened fire and was killed in retaliatory firing in September last year.

Magistrate Ashok Shengde, in his report tendered in a sealed cover to the Bombay High Court on Monday, noted that allegations leveled by Akshay Shinde's parents – that their son was killed in a fake encounter – has found substance if all evidences, including forensic reports, are taken into consideration.