Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) has taken over the probe into the death of Akshay Shinde, the prime accused in the Badlapur rape of two nursery girls, officials said today. Shinde was killed in a police shooting on Monday after a clash with a police escort team when he was being shifted from Taloja Jail in Raigad to Badlapur town yesterday. After completing the relevant formalities, it would be handed over for the last rites to the family, said an official.

Earlier today, the Mumbra Police registered an accidental death report after Akshay Shinde’s encounter killing in self-defence by the police escort team. The police have lodged a separate case against the deceased under the BNS and Arms Act for snatching an Assistant Police Inspector Nilesh More’s service revolver and firing at him near the Mumbra Bypass Road yesterday. He was charged with the alleged rape of two nursery girls at a private school where he worked as a sweeper.