Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray, reacting to the Badlapur encounter, asked, "Was a Shinde killed to protect an Apte?" Speaking at the India Today Conclave, Thackeray was referring to Tushar Apte, who's the secretary of trust running the school where two kindergarten girls were sexually abused by 23-year-old Akshay Shinde. Akshay was killed in retaliatory firing on Monday.