Palghar lynching case: Maharashtra CID files chargesheet
4 years, 8 months ago

Palghar lynching case: Maharashtra CID files chargesheet

India Today  

Maharashtra's Crime Investigation Department on Wednesday filed two chargesheets in the Palghar mob lynching case where two sadhus and their driver were lynched to death on April 16. The CID filed two chargesheets in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class at Dahanu taluka in Palghar district located adjoining Mumbai. The chargesheet has been filed against 126 accused in the Palghar lynching case where the two sadhus and their driver were beaten to death by a mob in Palghar exactly three months ago. READ | No Muslim arrested for Palghar lynching incident: Deshmukh WATCH | Two police officers suspended after Palghar mob lynching incident

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Beed sarpanch murder case chargesheet filed after thorough probe: Fadnavis
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Beed sarpanch murder case chargesheet filed after thorough probe: Fadnavis

The Hindu  

Police have filed a chargesheet in sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case after a very thorough probe, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said and expressed confidence that the guilty would get strict punishment. The state Crime Investigation Department on Thursday filed a more than 1,200 pages chargesheet at a court in Beed district in Mr. Deshmukh's murder and two related …

CID-SIT files 1,400-page chargesheet in Beed sarpanch murder case
3 weeks, 3 days ago

CID-SIT files 1,400-page chargesheet in Beed sarpanch murder case

Hindustan Times  

The Special Investigation Team of the State Criminal Investigation Department on Thursday submitted a 1,400-page chargesheet before the Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court against eight accused in the Massajog Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case, member of investigating team said. The first is related to Deshmukh’s murder, the second concerns a ₹2 crore extortion demand from Avada Wind …

Sambhal violence: Chargesheet filed in 6 of 12 cases, 80 accused arrested
1 month ago

Sambhal violence: Chargesheet filed in 6 of 12 cases, 80 accused arrested

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh police's SIT has filed a chargesheet of over 4,000 pages in six of the 12 cases in the November 24 Sambhal violence that erupted during the ASI's examination of the Mughal-era mosque. Six of the 12 cases in the violence that broke out in Sambhal on November 24 during the ASI's inspection of the Mughal-era mosque have …

UP Police files 3000-page charge sheet against 124 accused in Sambhal violence
1 month ago

UP Police files 3000-page charge sheet against 124 accused in Sambhal violence

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh Police has filed a 3000-page charge sheet against 124 accused to the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in the Sambhal violence in November over a court-ordered survey of a mosque in the region that led to four deaths. Sources told India Today that the charge sheet includes some who are already behind bars and some who have been …

Aaditya Thackeray claims no mob lynching during MVA govt, forgets Palghar lynching case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Aaditya Thackeray claims no mob lynching during MVA govt, forgets Palghar lynching case

Op India  

On 9 November, Lallantop published an over one-hour-long interview with Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray, which exposed the party’s disconnect from ground reality. During the interview, Aaditya Thackeray’s claim that no mob lynching happened in Maharashtra became the focal point of criticism on social media. Aaditya Thackeray claimed Maharashtra experienced zero mob lynchings The most shocking aspect of the interview …

16-year-old Hindu boy lynched by Mohammad Yusuf, Mohsin and two others in Prayagraj
1 year, 6 months ago

16-year-old Hindu boy lynched by Mohammad Yusuf, Mohsin and two others in Prayagraj

Op India  

Satyam Sharma, 16, was beaten to death in Kheri village of Koraon tehsil of Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh. Satyam Sharma, a student of Parmanand Inter College, was returning with his cousin after school break. The assailants then ran away while making threats.” The incident reportedly took place in front of the house of village head Mohammad Yusuf. The local police …

Maharashtra cops avert Palghar 2.0, rescue 2 sadhus mistaken for child lifters
1 year, 11 months ago

Maharashtra cops avert Palghar 2.0, rescue 2 sadhus mistaken for child lifters

India Today  

Police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district averted mob violence against two ‘sadhus’ in a village, after the residents mistook them as child lifters, nearly three years after three people were lynched in the district over similar suspicion, an official said on Tuesday. Palghar Rural Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil said a crowd of 300 villagers gathered in no time after some …

Ready to Hand Over Probe to CBI in Palghar Case: Maha Govt to Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Ready to Hand Over Probe to CBI in Palghar Case: Maha Govt to Supreme Court

News 18  

In a change of stance, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court it was ready to hand over to CBI the investigation into alleged lynching of three persons, including two seers, in Palghar district in April 2020. The state government had earlier told the apex court that Maharashtra Police has punished “delinquent” policemen for their dereliction of duties …

Willing to transfer 2020 Palghar lynching case to CBI for 'impartial' probe: Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra govt to SC
2 years, 5 months ago

Willing to transfer 2020 Palghar lynching case to CBI for 'impartial' probe: Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra govt to SC

Firstpost  

The previous government led by Uddhav Thackeray had told the Supreme Court that the Maharashtra Police was competent and willing to handle the investigation Mumbai: The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it is ready and willing to transfer the probe in Palghar lynching to CBI. Till the time the Uddhav Thackrey-led government was in …

Palghar lynching: Two years on, justice continues to elude slain Hindus sadhus
2 years, 11 months ago

Palghar lynching: Two years on, justice continues to elude slain Hindus sadhus

Op India  

Two years ago on this day, ie April 16, two Hindu sadhus were brutally lynched to death by a frenzied mob of more than 100 people in the satellite town of Palghar, close to 100 Kms from the country’s financial nerve centre and the capital of Maharashtra, Mumbai. Besides, 35 police officers from the local Kasa police station were also …

Mob 'Brutally Lynched' 18-Yr-Old Only On Cattle-Lifting Suspicion Even Though He Carried No Cattle: Tripura HC Denies Anticipatory Bail
3 years, 5 months ago

Mob 'Brutally Lynched' 18-Yr-Old Only On Cattle-Lifting Suspicion Even Though He Carried No Cattle: Tripura HC Denies Anticipatory Bail

Live Law  

The Tripura High Court last week denied pre-arrest bail to a man who was allegedly a part of a mob that brutally murdered/lynched an 18-year-old boy, Saiful Islam on the suspicion that he was in the team of cattle lifters.Stressing that a young boy of 18 years was brutally lynched by a mob only on the suspicion that he was …

Police Files Chargesheet Against Two for Trying to Revive Militancy in J-K's Reasi
3 years, 8 months ago

Police Files Chargesheet Against Two for Trying to Revive Militancy in J-K's Reasi

News 18  

Jammu and Kashmir Police has filed a chargesheet against two terrorists for attempting to revive militancy in Reasi district at the behest of Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, officials said on Sunday. The chargesheet against the arrested accused — Mohammad Yousaf of Dewal and Mohammad Ashraf of Lar — was filed in the court of third additional sessions judge Jammu on Saturday, …

Supreme Court Adjourns By Two Weeks Batch Of Pleas Seeking NIA Probe Into Palghar Lynching Case
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Adjourns By Two Weeks Batch Of Pleas Seeking NIA Probe Into Palghar Lynching Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned by two weeks a batch of pleas seeking for a probe by the National Investigation Agency into the Palghar Lynching case wherein two Sadhus were lynched to death in Palghar. An Affidavit to this effect had been filed before the Supreme Court with details of punishment meted out to 18 police personnel for their …

Palghar Lynching:Special Court Grants Bail To 89 Accused Persons
4 years, 2 months ago

Palghar Lynching:Special Court Grants Bail To 89 Accused Persons

Live Law  

Exactly eight months after a mob brutally lynched two sadhus and their driver to death in Palghar, a special court in Thane granted bail to 89 people arrested in the case, on Saturday. Special judge S B Bahalkar granted bail to the 89 accused who were represented by advocates Amrut Adhikari and Atul Patil. Five days before the lynching of …

Palghar mob lynching case: 89 accused granted bail
4 years, 2 months ago

Palghar mob lynching case: 89 accused granted bail

India Today  

A Thane court has granted bail to 89 people arrested in the Palghar mob lynching case. The primary investigation by local police and state CID suggested that villagers suspected them to be members of gang involved in the kidnapping of children and pulled them out of the vehicle. Though a police team from Kasa police station reached the spot but …

19 More Including 70-year-old Arrested for Palghar Mob Lynching, 5 Minors Detained
4 years, 3 months ago

19 More Including 70-year-old Arrested for Palghar Mob Lynching, 5 Minors Detained

News 18  

The Maharashtra CID Crime Branch has arrested 19 more persons, one of them aged 70, in connection with the lynching of two sadhus and their driver by a mob in Palghar district in April, an official said on Wednesday. Besides, five juveniles were detained by the police in connection with the April 16 incident which took place in Gadchinchale village …

Four Accused in Palghar Lynching Case Get Bail, More Plea Requests to be Heard on Nov 26
4 years, 4 months ago

Four Accused in Palghar Lynching Case Get Bail, More Plea Requests to be Heard on Nov 26

News 18  

A special court here on Tuesday granted bail to four persons including a man and his two sons in the Palghar mob lynching case. District Judge P P Jadhav ordered that the four accused by released on a bail of Rs 15,000 each. Laxman Ramaji Jadhav, Nitin Laxman Jadhav, Manoj Laxman Jadhav and Tukaram Rupji Sath, all residents of Hedpada …

Palghar lynching: Maharashtra tells SC action taken against cops
4 years, 5 months ago

Palghar lynching: Maharashtra tells SC action taken against cops

India TV News  

The Maharashtra government informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has taken action against the erring policemen connected with the alleged lynching of two seers and another person in Palghar district in April. Shah that action taken by the state has been placed on record before the court, and cited the affidavit filed last month. The state government counsel …

[Palghar Lynching] Action Taken Against Policemen; No Need To Keep Writ Pending, Maharashtra Govt Tells SC
4 years, 5 months ago

[Palghar Lynching] Action Taken Against Policemen; No Need To Keep Writ Pending, Maharashtra Govt Tells SC

Live Law  

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday passionately urged the Supreme Court to see whether the PILs filed in connection with the Palghar lynching episode are in "the right perspective or not". Mr. Basant informed the bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan that, pursuant to the orders of the court, all actions taken by the state against the police officials have been …

Maha Govt files affidavit in SC, opposes CBI inquiry into Palghar lynching case
4 years, 6 months ago

Maha Govt files affidavit in SC, opposes CBI inquiry into Palghar lynching case

Op India  

Days after the Supreme Court sought a response from the Maharashtra government on the petitions seeking CBI, NIA probe into the case of the brutal lynching of Hindu Sadhus in Palghar, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray have submitted an affidavit in the apex court. Palghar mob lynching case: Maharashtra govt submits its affidavit …

Palghar lynching case: Three policemen dismissed from service
4 years, 6 months ago

Palghar lynching case: Three policemen dismissed from service

Op India  

Three police personnel have been dismissed from service in connection with the brutal lynching of two Hindu sadhus and their driver in Palghar in Maharashtra on April 16. Maharashtra police rules out ‘communal angle’ in Palghar lynching The Maharashtra Police had in July, filed two separate charge-sheets in connection with the mob lynching of two Hindu Sadhus and their driver, …

Christian missionary groups and left-wing organisations behind Palghar lynching says fact-finding team, demands CBI probe
4 years, 6 months ago

Christian missionary groups and left-wing organisations behind Palghar lynching says fact-finding team, demands CBI probe

Op India  

A fact-finding team has blamed left-wing organizations and Christian missionary groups for the violence that led to Sadhus’s lynching in Palghar district, Maharashtra. The team has demanded that the central investigation agencies like NIA or CBI should handle the Palghar mob lynching case. The police also practically handed over the sadhus to the mob instead of stopping them.” Advocate Pravartak …

Palghar Lynching Case: Maharashtra CID Files Third Charge Sheet in Local Court
4 years, 7 months ago

Palghar Lynching Case: Maharashtra CID Files Third Charge Sheet in Local Court

News 18  

The Maharashtra Criminal Investigation Department, which is probing the Palghar mob lynching incident, has filed a third charge sheet in the case in a local court, officials said on Saturday. In a related development, the CID also filed a charge sheet against two minor accused in the case in a juvenile court at Bhiwandi in Thane district on Friday, they …

Palghar lynching: SC asks Maharashtra govt to submit chargesheets, status report on inquiry against cops
4 years, 7 months ago

Palghar lynching: SC asks Maharashtra govt to submit chargesheets, status report on inquiry against cops

Firstpost  

SG Tushar Mehta, appearing for Centre, said court must consider ‘whether there were any policemen involved in the offence or if there was any dereliction of duty’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to apprise it of the inquiry and action taken against the errant police personnel in the alleged lynching of three people, including …

SC Seeks Chargesheets of Palghar Lynching Case, Asks Maharashtra About Status of Enquiry on Cops
4 years, 7 months ago

SC Seeks Chargesheets of Palghar Lynching Case, Asks Maharashtra About Status of Enquiry on Cops

News 18  

The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to apprise it of the inquiry and action taken against the errant police personnel in the alleged lynching of three people, including two seers, in Palghar district in April. During the hearing, Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said the media reports suggest that the charge sheets filed in the …

Palghar Lynching : SC Asks Maharashtra Govt To Submit Chargesheets & Inquiry Details
4 years, 7 months ago

Palghar Lynching : SC Asks Maharashtra Govt To Submit Chargesheets & Inquiry Details

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra Government to place on record the chargesheets that have been filed in relation to the lynching and consequent death of two Sadhus in Palghar. While considering a clutch of petitions seeking investigation by either the CBI or the NIA into the alleged complicity of the police in the incident, the Bench comprising …

SC Asks Maha Govt to File Status Report on Inquiry Against Policemen in Palghar Lynching Case
4 years, 7 months ago

SC Asks Maha Govt to File Status Report on Inquiry Against Policemen in Palghar Lynching Case

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to apprise it about the status of inquiry and action taken against the errant police personnel for their alleged role in the Palghar lynching incident in April. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy asked the state government to place before it the charge sheet, which has been …

Maharashtra CID rules out communal angle in Palghar lynching
4 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra CID rules out communal angle in Palghar lynching

Op India  

In a major twist to the Palghar lynching case, the Maharashtra Police’s CID on Wednesday filed two separate charge-sheets in connection with the mob lynching of two Hindu Sadhus and their driver and have ruled out any ‘communal angle’ to the heinous incident. According to the reports, the CID filed two charge-sheets of around 11,000 pages, naming over 250-plus accused …

Palghar lynching of Hindu Sadhus: 11 accused test Coronavirus positive
4 years, 9 months ago

Palghar lynching of Hindu Sadhus: 11 accused test Coronavirus positive

Op India  

The police on Tuesday revealed that eleven of the accused in the horrifying lynching of Hindu sadhus in Palghar have been tested positive for Coronavirus. According to a police official in Palghar police station, all the accused have been arrested but kept in different police lock-ups as work is underway at the Palghar jail. The 55-year-old accused in the Palghar …

Palghar lynching: Supreme Court seeks response from Maharashtra govt, Centre on pleas seeking CBI, NIA probes
4 years, 9 months ago

Palghar lynching: Supreme Court seeks response from Maharashtra govt, Centre on pleas seeking CBI, NIA probes

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Maharashtra government on two petitions seeking separate probes by the CBI and the NIA into the alleged lynching of three people, including two seers, in the state’s Palghar district in April. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Maharashtra government on two petitions seeking separate …

Palghar Lynching : SC Issues Notice On Plea For CBI/NIA Probe
4 years, 9 months ago

Palghar Lynching : SC Issues Notice On Plea For CBI/NIA Probe

Live Law  

Th Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a petitions seeking NIA and CBI probe into the Palghar Lynching case.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bushan, M R Shah and V Ramasubramanian issued notice in the petitions filed by filed by Hindu Sadhus of Shri Panch Dashban Juna Akhara and relatives of the two deceased Sadhu's, alleging bias by the State …

Palghar lynching case: Man questioned by CID commits suicide
4 years, 9 months ago

Palghar lynching case: Man questioned by CID commits suicide

India Today  

A 32-year-old man who had been questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department in relation to the Palghar lynching case allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree on Saturday. Dhangada was amongst several villagers who were questioned by the CID in relation to the lynching case where two seers and a driver were lynched at Gadchinchale village on April …

Maharashtra: History sheeter nabbed for killing seer in Nanded, stealing Rs 70,000 and laptop
4 years, 10 months ago

Maharashtra: History sheeter nabbed for killing seer in Nanded, stealing Rs 70,000 and laptop

India Today  

The body of a seer was found inside his ashram in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Saturday night. The accused, a history-sheeter with a 10-year-old murder case against his name, was held a few hours later from Tanur police station limits along the Telangana state border, police added. Superintendent of Police Vijaykumar Magar said sadhu Shivacharya Nirnay Rudrapratap Maharaj and a 50-year-old …

Palghar Mob Lynching: State Police File Two Reports In Sealed Cover Before Bombay HC
4 years, 10 months ago

Palghar Mob Lynching: State Police File Two Reports In Sealed Cover Before Bombay HC

Live Law  

The Maharashtra police on Friday filed two reports in a sealed cover before the Bombay High Court with regard to the investigation in the Palghar mob lynching incident which led to the death of two sadhus and their driver. A Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice SS Shinde was hearing a batch of three separate PILs clubbed …

Palghar lynching: 61 get judicial custody, 51 sent to police custody for murder of seers and driver, attack on police
4 years, 10 months ago

Palghar lynching: 61 get judicial custody, 51 sent to police custody for murder of seers and driver, attack on police

Firstpost  

A local court on Wednesday remanded 61 of the over 130 accused, held in connection with the Palghar lynching case, in judicial custody and 51 others in police custody Palghar: A local court on Wednesday remanded 61 of the over 130 accused, held in connection with the Palghar lynching case, in judicial custody and 51 others in police custody. In …

24 more people arrested by Maharashtra CID in the Palghar lynching case
4 years, 10 months ago

24 more people arrested by Maharashtra CID in the Palghar lynching case

Op India  

Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department has arrested at least 24 more accused who were reportedly absconding after the incident of lynching in Palghar. Earlier, in the Palghar Lynching Case, the Palghar Superintendent of police was sent on leave whereas five policemen were suspended and 35 others were transferred for dereliction of their duties on the incidents. Earlier five accused were arrested …

Palghar lynching: Maharashtra Police's CID books 18 more people; number of arrests in connection to case rises to 134
4 years, 10 months ago

Palghar lynching: Maharashtra Police's CID books 18 more people; number of arrests in connection to case rises to 134

Firstpost  

Eighteen more people have been arrested by Maharashtra Police’s CID in the Palghar lynching case, officials said on Tuesday. Mumbai: Eighteen more people have been arrested by Maharashtra Police’s CID in the Palghar lynching case, officials said on Tuesday. The Crime Investigation Department is probing the incident in which three persons, including two seers, who were lynched by a mob …

Unclaimed bodies of Palghar Sadhu's lied on the road for over 9 hours
4 years, 10 months ago

Unclaimed bodies of Palghar Sadhu's lied on the road for over 9 hours

Op India  

An eyewitness to the blood-curdling lynching of two Palghar Sadhu’s and their driver has made shocking revelations, which throws the spotlight on the gross negligence of the Maharashtra police in handling the entire incident. According to News Nation, the dead bodies of the 70-year-old Kalpavrishka Giri Maharaj and 35-year-old Sushil Giri Maharaj along with their driver 30-year-old Nilesh Telgade, lied …

Five more arrested in Palghar lynching case, 115 arrested so far
4 years, 10 months ago

Five more arrested in Palghar lynching case, 115 arrested so far

Op India  

Five more people have been arrested in the Palghar lynching case which is being investigated by the Crime Investigation Department of Maharashtra Police. As per an official, the total number of arrested people in the Palghar lynching case of two seers and their driver to 115. The authorities filed an FIR against the villagers on the day of the incident …

Supreme Court seeks status report from Maharashtra govt in Palghar lynching case
4 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court seeks status report from Maharashtra govt in Palghar lynching case

Op India  

The Supreme Court has sought a report from Maharashtra Police regarding the status of the investigation in the Palghar lynching case in which two Hindu sadhus and their driver were lynched by a mob on the night of April 16. The plea said, “This happened despite the fact that the whole country is under Lockdown since March 25 and that …

Palghar Lynching : SC Seeks Status Report On Probe From Maharashtra Govt
4 years, 10 months ago

Palghar Lynching : SC Seeks Status Report On Probe From Maharashtra Govt

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought a status report from the Maharashtra Government regarding the probe into the lynching and consequent death of two Sadhus in Palghar.The Bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a petition seeking Court-monitored investigation and/or transfer of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation alleging that the police. The Supreme …

Palghar lynching case: 5 cops suspended, 35 shunted
4 years, 10 months ago

Palghar lynching case: 5 cops suspended, 35 shunted

Hindustan Times  

Three more policemen have been suspended in connection with lynching of three people, including two sadhus, in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, news agency ANI reported. “An Assistant sub-inspector and two head constables of Kasa police station have been suspended in Palghar lynching case. Palghar Police have arrested around 110 people, including nine juveniles in connection with the mob lynching. Asserting that …

Palghar lynching: Thirty-five cops from Kasa Police Station transferred; plea in Bombay HC seeks handing of investigation to NIA
4 years, 10 months ago

Palghar lynching: Thirty-five cops from Kasa Police Station transferred; plea in Bombay HC seeks handing of investigation to NIA

Firstpost  

As many as 35 policemen of Kasa Police Station have been transferred in connection with the Palghar lynching incident Palghar: As many as 35 policemen of Kasa Police Station have been transferred in connection with the Palghar lynching incident, police said. This comes days after a petition was filed in Bombay High Court seeking to transfer the investigation into the …

Congress-Shiv Sena falsely equate Palghar lynching to Bulandshahr murder
4 years, 10 months ago

Congress-Shiv Sena falsely equate Palghar lynching to Bulandshahr murder

Op India  

The Bulandshahr incident where two Pujaris serving at a local Shiva temple, were found murdered on Tuesday morning. However, Congress and Shiv Sena leaders and supporters took to social media to draw false equivalence between the Bulandshahr incident and the Palghar Sadhu lynching where two Sadhus were lynched by a mob of over 100 people as police watched as mute …

Palghar incident spotlights need for special anti-lynching legislation; Parliament must enact SC's prescriptions to curb mob violence
4 years, 10 months ago

Palghar incident spotlights need for special anti-lynching legislation; Parliament must enact SC's prescriptions to curb mob violence

Firstpost  

On 16 April, 2020, India witnessed yet another mob lynching incident in Maharashtra’s Palghar when a large group of villagers pummeled three men to death suspecting them to be thieves. In these disconcerting times, when one perforce beholds a purported “civil society,” one cannot help but trecall Martin Luther King Jr’s words: “It may be true that the law cannot …

Palghar lynching: Hindu Dharma Achara Sabha writes to state governor
4 years, 10 months ago

Palghar lynching: Hindu Dharma Achara Sabha writes to state governor

Op India  

In the wake of the brutality inflicted on two Dashnami Sadhus and their driver by a murderous mob in Maharashtra’s Palghar, the Hindu Dharma Achara Sabha has written to the Maharashtra Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari on April 24. The Hindu Dharma Achara Sabha asks the Maharashtra governor as to why no action has been taken against the police officials who …

Plea filed in Bombay HC seeking transfer of Palghar lynching case to NIA
4 years, 11 months ago

Plea filed in Bombay HC seeking transfer of Palghar lynching case to NIA

Op India  

In a development in the Plaghar lynching case of two Hindu seers and their driver, Mumbai based lawyer Ghanshyam Upadhyay moved Bombay high court seeking the transfer of investigation from Crime Investigation Department, Maharashtra to the National Investigation Agency. The Petitioner has mentioned in the petition that “the petitioner- who follows the “vaidik Sanatan dharma” has been pained by the …

There are too many unanswered questions in Palghar Sadhu lynching case
4 years, 11 months ago

There are too many unanswered questions in Palghar Sadhu lynching case

Op India  

The brutal lynching of Swami Kalpvriksha Giri, Sushil Giriand their driver has shocked the entire nation. The subsequent social media backlash forced Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to break his silence and address the Palghar Sadhu lynching case in a brief address. Inadequacy of the Police in the Palghar Sadhu lynching case Vicious rumour-mongering being common in the area, the victims …

Palghar mob lynching: 3 petitions in Bombay HC seeking transfer of case from CID
4 years, 11 months ago

Palghar mob lynching: 3 petitions in Bombay HC seeking transfer of case from CID

India Today  

A Public Interest Litigation has been initiated in the Bombay High Court asking for judicial commission enquiry or an investigation under the supervision of a retired justice of the High Court in the Palghar lynching case. The PIL which will be argued by advocate Akshay Malviya The PIL also puts an onus on the state intelligence department saying that it …

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