The accused in the Badlapur Rape Case, Akshay Shinde, who was accused of sexually assaulting two young girls at a Badlapur school was shot dead in an encounter with the police on 23rd September. API Nilesh More, the policeman who sustained injuries from the bullets shot by the accused, gained consiousness. Shailesh Salvi, the Public Relations Officer for Thane Police, provided a statement on the recent encounter involving Akshay Shinde.