Shinde was being taken to Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district from Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai on Monday evening in connection with an FIR registered against him on the complaint of his former wife when the firing incident took place, which resulted in his death, police earlier said.

Shinde, 24, was accused of sexually assaulting two minor girls at a school in Badlapur. A contractual sweeper at the school in Badlapur, Shinde was arrested on August 17, five days after he allegedly sexually abused the two girls in the school toilet.

He was killed near Mumbra bypass in Thane on Monday evening when he allegedly snatched the gun of a policeman while he was being ferried in a police vehicle as part of a probe into a case registered against him on the complaint of his former wife, an official earlier said.

After he shot and injured API Nilesh More, another officer from the police escort team fired at him, and he was declared dead by doctors at the Kalwa Civic Hospital, the official said.

Following the incident, a case of attempt to murder against Shinde as well as a case of his accidental death have been registered at the Mumbra police station, a Thane police official told reporters. He said Shinde tried a fatally attack police personnel by snatching a pistol.

As Shinde died in police action, another case of accidental death has also been registered, the official said. Both the cases are being investigated by the Thane police, he added.

Shinde, who was lodged at the Taloja jail in connection with the case of sexual assault with two minor girls, was being taken to Badlapur for an investigation into another sexual assault case filed on the complaint of his former wife, the official said.