The Maharashtra governmeꦦnt has formed a Commission of Inquiry for a probe into the killing of Badlapur school sexual assault case Akshay Shinde in a🌄n alleged shoot-out by police.
A home department gazette published on Tuesday said the single-member Commission of Inquiry will be headed by the Chief Justice (retired), Allahabad High🔴 Court, Dilip Bhosale.
The panel will submit its ✅report in three months, as per the gazette.
Two girls, aged ꩲfour and five years, were allegedly seꦺxually abused by a male attendant inside the toilet of a school at Badlapur in Thane district in August.
Akshay Sh🌳inde, the accused,𝓡 was subsequently arrested, but was shot dead by police in an alleged shoot-out on September 23.
The terms of reference for the Commi💙ssion of Inquiry will be the sequence of events which happened at the Mumbra bypass in Thane on September 23, regarding the exchange of fire between Akshay Shinde and the police escort party which resulted in his death, and the causes 🍃and consequences thereof, as per the gazette.
The probe 𓆏will also focus on whether any individual or group of individuals or organisation was seen directly or indirectly responsible for the incident, it saiꩵd.
It will also asc♔ertain whether steps taken by the po♐lice in handling the situation were appropriate.
The panel will conduct a detailed ex🐼aminatio🌟n of all related aspects and events of the incident.
The commission will suggest short-term and long-term measures to be taken by police to avoid ꦛrecurrence of such an incident, the gazette said.
The Bombay High Court last week expressed concerns regarding the police shooting of Akshay Shinde, stating the incident could have 🃏been♔ avoided and emphasised the necessity for a fair and impartial probe.
The HC also raised pertin🔯ent questions over the manner in🧜 which the shoot out was executed.
The court said while it was not impugning the police'🐭s integrity, it insisted🎀 on the importance of clarity in the investigation.
It also stressed the necessity for a fair and impartial investigation into the circumstances s꧋urrounding the shooting.
