<p>The circumstances surrounding the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/body-of-badlapur-sexual-assault-accused-handed-over-to-police-after-postmortem-23399214" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">death of Badlapur sexual assault accused Akshay Shinde</a> at the hands of police inspector Sanjay Shinde while being transported in a police van raise several questions. Here are 13 particularly pertinent ones.</p>
<p>1. Why were Akshay Shinde&rsquo;s hands not cuffed, considering he was an accused in a highly sensitive case?</p>
<p>2. Why was he <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/badlapur-sexual-assault-case-accused-shot-dead-heres-a-timeline-of-the-case-23398808" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">transported in a large police van</a> instead of a smaller police jeep?</p>
<p>3. Why were the van&rsquo;s windows covered with curtains?</p>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/sep/Akshay-Shinde_e.jpg" alt="Akshay Shinde, the accused" width="1280" height="720" /><br /><strong><em>Akshay Shinde, the accused</em></strong></p>
<p>4. Why was his custody taken late in the evening, when he was supposed to be presented before the court after a medical examination? Courts generally close by 6.30 pm.</p>
<p>5. How did Akshay Shinde manage to snatch API Nilesh More&rsquo;s pistol and fire it? Was the pistol unlocked?</p>
<p>6. Was the pistol not secured with the lanyard, rope provided to the officers?</p>
<p>7. Why did PI Sanjay Shinde shoot him in the head, resulting in his death? Why wasn&rsquo;t he first shot in the leg, as per standard procedure?</p>
<p>8. Why was an officer like Sanjay Shinde, with a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/badlapur-sexual-assault-case-akshay-shindes-family-alleges-murder-after-his-death-in-police-custody-refuses-to-take-body-23398673" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">questionable background</a>, appointed to the SIT, formed by the state government to investigate the sexual assault case, by the Thane Police Commissioner?</p>
<p>9. Why was PI Sanjay Shinde recalled in the middle of the investigation and transferred to the Central Unit of Crime Branch?</p>
<p>10. Why was Sanjay Shinde made part of the new SIT and appointed as the investigating officer for the unnatural sex case based on the complaint from Akshay Shinde&rsquo;s wife?</p>
<p>11. Why wasn&rsquo;t the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/badlapur-encounter-accused-faces-attempted-murder-charges-for-allegedly-attacking-police-23398673" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">unnatural sex case</a> handed to Aarti Singh&rsquo;s SIT, which would have strengthened the investigation into the minor sexual assault case?</p>
<p>12. Even if the Thane police wanted to investigate the case, why wasn&rsquo;t a female officer assigned to investigate the claims made by Akshay Shinde&rsquo;s ex-wife?</p>
<p>13. Why was Akshay Shinde&rsquo;s family not allowed to see his body when they visited the hospital?</p><p>
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