Ten days after medical store owner Umesh Kolhe was brutally murdered in Amravati, the National Investigation team has taken over the probe into the case. While the local police have already arrested several culprits and claimed that it was a case of robbery gone wrong, many people didn’t believe it, and it was believed that he was murdered for supporting ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
With rising demand for a thorough probe of all possible angles in the murder case, the Ministry of Home Affairs handed over the case to NIA today. Confirming the development, the office of the union home minister informed that MHA has handed over the investigation of the case to NIA. “The conspiracy behind the killing, involvement of organisations and international linkages would be thoroughly investigated,” the HMO informed in a tweet.
According to reports, a team of NIA has already reached Amravati to probe the case. As per reports, a total of 5 people have been arrested so far. They include Mudasir, Shahrukh, Abdul, Shoaib and Atib.
महाराष्ट्र के अमरावती में उदयपुर जैसी घटना, जांच के लिए पहुंची NIA की टीम@pratimamishra04 https://t.co/p8nVQWGCTx #Murder #UdaipurMurderCase #Amravati #Udaipur #NIA #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/x9PsvwRrtp
— ABP News (@ABPNews) July 2, 2022
While speaking about the development, Maharashtra MLA Nitesh Rane wrote, “I m glad NIA is going to probe the Amravati Murder of a pharmacist. Such acts will only stop once we ban terrorist organisations like PFI and Raza academy who had a free hand during the MVA rule!”
He further added, “Now Maharashtra has “Bhagwadharis” in power… it’s time 2 finish them 4 good!”
I m glad @NIA_India is goin 2 probe the Amravati Murder of a pharmacist..
— nitesh rane (@NiteshNRane) July 2, 2022
Such acts will only stop once we ban terrorist organisations like PFI n Raza academy who had a free hand during the MVA rule!
Now Maharashtra has “Bhagwadharis” in power.. it’s time 2 finish them 4 good!
The 54-year-old Medical professional ran a pharmacy ‘Amit Medical’ in the Tehsil office area, in Maharashtra’s Amravati. On the night of the murder, on June 22, Umesh Kolhe was on his way home with his son Sanket and daughter-in-law Vaishnavi on different bikes, when the culprits had stopped him and then slit his throat using a Chinese knife.
In the attack, Kolhe was attacked with a knife from the back on his neck in which he was seriously injured. With heavy blood overflowing, Kolhe died on the spot.
While demands were being made to probe the religious angle, the police have claimed to have cracked the case, saying that it was a robbery case gone wrong. Several people including BJP leaders had claimed that he had supported Nupur Sharma in a Facebook post, and that’s why he was killed.
Police had said that the killers had stopped Kolhe with the intention to rob him, but as he refused to give them anything, they killed him. However, it was found that they ran away after attacking him, and took nothing from him, including cash of around Rs 30,000 he was carrying. Therefore, the robbery angle was being questioned. Maharashtra BJP leader and spokesperson Shivrai Kulkarni had said that the religious angle should be probed as he might be killed for the same reason why Kanhaiya Lal was killed Udaipur, for supporting Nupur Sharma.
“The case is very suspicious. The assailants did not have much criminal background before murdering Kolhe. Mr Kolhe had shared some posts regarding Nupur Sharma on social media and some Whatsapp groups. It is imperative that the police investigate whether this fact has to do with his gruesome murder,” Kulkarni had said.
