Two encounters, one in UP and the other in Maharashtra, have hit the news headlines, with political parties taking potshots at one another.

Badlapur sexual assault case: Family members of Akshay Shinde have challenged the police claim that he fired at a policeman first following which cops fired in self-defence which led to his death

A team of forensic science experts on Tuesday examined the police vehicle, in which Shinde was allegedly shot by a cop on Monday evening, they said. Shinde, 24, was accused of sexually assaulting two minor girls at a school in Badlapur town of Thane district.

A 32-year-old man chargesheeted in the deadly terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district five years ago has died of a heart attack in the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu, officials said.

BJP General Secretary Dushyant Gautam reacted to the intense political debate over the death of the accused in the Badlapur rape case, who was shot by police in retaliatory firing.