The family of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the sexual assault case involving two minor schoolgirls, has approached the Bombay High Court after struggling to find a place to bury him following his death in an alleged police encounter earlier this week. Shinde was killed by the Thane Crime Branch on Monday, reportedly in self-defence, near the Mumbra bypass.

Akshay’s father, Anna Shinde, approached the high court, claiming difficulties in securing a burial spot owing to local resistance. The family’s lawyer, Amit Katarnaware, said it was Akshay Shinde’s last wish to be buried as his grandfather was also buried and the family has the custom of burial.