Two days after the accused in the Badlapur sex assault case was shot dead in a police encounter, hoardings congratulating Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have come up in various locations in Mumbai.

Akshay Shinde was shot dead by police in a retaliatory firing when he snatched the gun of a constable and opened fire on the police.

Shinde was killed near Mumbra Bypass in Thane on Monday evening when he allegedly snatched the gun of a police personnel while being ferried in a police vehicle.

Amid the opposition’s attack against the Maharashtra government over the killing of Badlapur sexual assault case Akshay Shinde in an 'encounter', Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the police fired in self-defence.

Speaking to the media about the Badlapur rape accused's killing, Devendra Fadnavis said that police officers opened fire to protect themselves after the accused snatched a cop's weapon and opened fire at them.

Opposition parties have targeted the state government, especially Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis, after the accused in the Badlapur child sexual assault case, Akshay Shinde, fired on police and later was shot by the police during the scuffle The accused later succumbed to his injuries.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde defended the police shooting of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case, as "self-defence," while the Opposition called it an "encounter", demanding a judicial probe.

The opposition leaders asked if Akshay Shinde was killed to destroy evidence in a case that had triggered national outrage.