‘I will not leave anyone of you alive’, accused told police; inspector says fired in defence

Based connected his statement, constabulary person registered an FIR against the janitor for attempting to termination policemen connected duty. The Indian Express has accessed Shinde’s connection narrating what transpired connected Monday and however the “police encounter” took place.

Thane Police had formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the 3rd FIR against the accused janitor, filed by his 2nd woman alleging unnatural intersexual assault.

The SIT headed by Thane Central transgression subdivision elder inspector Sanjay Shinde besides included API Nilesh More from the ANC and 2 caput constables, Abhijeet More and Harish Tawade.

After securing a transportation warrant from Kalyan tribunal successful the afternoon, the SIT near for Taloja Central Prison to instrumentality the janitor’s custody and bring him to Thane Police headquarters. Shinde had 5 rounds loaded successful his gun.
At 5.30pm, erstwhile constabulary near Taloja with the accused, Shinde was sitting adjacent to the operator portion More, Abhijeet and Tawade were sitting down with the accused. As the constabulary van reached Shil-Daighar area, API More called Shinde and told him that the janitor was aggravated and abusive, asking, “Why are you taking my custody again? Now what person I done?”

After this, Shinde stopped the conveyance and sat down adjacent caput constable Tawade, facing the janitor.

As per Shinde’s statement, astatine astir 6:15 pm, (while the van was moving) the janitor abruptly got up and tried to snatch API More’s pistol, to which More resisted. The janitor was shouting, “Let maine go”.

“As the scuffle continued, the pistol got loaded and 1 circular got fired that pierced More’s thigh. The janitor managed to snatch the officer’s pistol and pointed astatine america and said, ‘I volition not permission anyone of you alive’ and fired 2 rounds astatine us, but fortunately they missed us,” Shinde stated.

“Seeing the fierce signifier of the janitor and his convulsive assemblage language, I was definite that helium was going to sprout astatine america again. Hence, successful our self-defence, I fired 1 changeable astatine him. The slug deed him, and the weapon fell from his hand. The constabulary squad past overpowered him,” Shinde added successful his statement.

After this, Shinde instructed the operator to instrumentality the conveyance to Kalwa hospital, wherever API More and Shinde (who besides sustained injuries) were admitted and the janitor was declared dead. Shinde’s connection is portion of the FIR filed by Thane’s Mumbra constabulary to look into the matter.

Questions being raised

Politicians and erstwhile constabulary officials person questioned the incidental and asked whether the janitor was hand-cuffed oregon not. While Shinde’s connection is soundless connected the same, a retired serviceman said that it is pugnacious to judge Shinde’s assertion that More’s pistol got accidentally loaded during the scuffle and the weapon accidentally fired, hitting More’s thigh.

While Shinde successful his connection claimed that the accused janitor snatched API More’s pistol, which was tucked connected the waist successful his pants, a erstwhile constabulary authoritative said that cops support their weapon successful the steadfast limb screen tied to their belt, and the screen would person a fastener to marque definite nary 1 could easy snatch it.

The Thane constabulary are besides soundless connected wherefore a elder inspector was escorting an accused. Generally, inferior officers are assigned specified tasks, but successful cases of escorting hardened criminals facing charges of murder, attempted murder, dacoity oregon grievous hurt.

All these aspects would beryllium thoroughly probed by the CID and they volition besides verify the claims made by Shinde successful his statement, an serviceman said.