Cop Who Shot Badlapur Rape Accused Was Part Of This Encounter Specialist's Team

Sanjay Shinde was part of a team led by Pradeep Sharma, the famed 'encounter specialist' who has featured in the Netflix docuseries 'Mumbai Mafia: Police vs The Underworld'.

The 23-year-old man accused of raping two nursery school girls in Badlapur, Maharashtra was shot dead by cops after he snatched a constable's gun and fired at a police officer, the police have said. Assistant Police Inspector Nilesh More was injured in the firing. Senior inspector Sanjay Shinde fired the final shot that took down Akshay. He died at the hospital.

Mr Shinde was part of a team led by Pradeep Sharma, the famed 'encounter specialist' who has featured in the Netflix docuseries 'Mumbai Mafia: Police vs The Underworld'. He was part of the famed cop's team when he headed the anti-extortion cell of the Thane Crime Branch, said sources.

This team had arrested underworld don Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar from Thane in an extortion case in 2017.