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Palghar mob lynching: Culprits will be brought to justice, says Maharashtra CM
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that culprits involved in lynching of three men in Palghar district will be brought to justice.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday night said that culprits involved in lynching of three men in Palghar district will be brought to justice.
"The Palghar incident has been acted upon. The police has arrested all those accused who attacked the 2 sadhus, 1 driver and the police personnel, on the day of the crime itself.
पालघर की घटना पर कार्रवाई की गई है। जिन्होंने २ साधुओं, १ ड्राइवर और पुलिस कर्मियों पर हमला किया था, पुलिस ने घटना के दिन ही उन सभी आरोपियों को गिरफ्तार कर लिया है। इस अपराध और शर्मनाक कृत्य के अपराधियों को कठोर दण्ड दिया जाएगा।
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) April 19, 2020
"Nobody guilty in this heinous crime and shameful act will be spared and they will be brought to justice in the strongest way possible," the CM said in late night tweets posted from Twitter handle @CMOMaharashtra.
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पालघर येथे घडलेल्या घटनेवर कारवाई करण्यात आली आहे. ज्या दिवशी गुन्हा घडला, त्याच दिवशी पोलिसांनी २ साधू, १ ड्रायव्हर आणि पोलिस कर्मचार्‍यांवर हल्ला करणाऱ्या सर्व आरोपींना अटक केली आहे. या गुन्ह्यातील आणि लज्जास्पद कृत्यातील आरोपींना शक्य तितकी कडक शिक्षा करण्यात येईल.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) April 19, 2020
State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has already announced a high-level inquiry into the incident.
The incident occurred on April 16 night when three men from Kandivali in Mumbai were headed towards Surat in a car to attend a funeral.
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Their vehicle was stopped near a village in Palghar district. The trio were dragged out of their car and beaten to death with sticks by a mob on suspicion that they were thieves.
The deceased were identified as Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), Sushilgiri Maharaj (35), and their car driver Nilesh Telgade (30). (PTI)