Palghar mob lynching Archives

News Reports

Palghar Sadhu lynching: Uddhav Thackeray obeyed Rahul Gandhi’s order to halt the transfer of case to CBI, prevented timely probe, Shiv Sena alleges

OpIndia Staff - 15 April, 2024

Five months after the incident, the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government had opposed the transfer of the Palghar Sadhu lynching case to the CBI

Crime

‘Have already recommended CBI probe in Palghar lynching case’, Maharashtra government tells Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2023

Maharashtra govt tells SC that it has already recommended a CBI investigation into the case of lynching of Hindu Sadhus in Palghar

News Reports

SC nods to CBI probe in the Palghar Sadhus lynching case

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2023

On 16th April 2020, two Sadhus of Juna Akhara, Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), and Sushilgiri Maharaj (35) were lynched along with their 30-year-old driver by a mob in Palghar.

News Reports

2020 Palghar lynching case: Maha govt agrees to transfer investigation to CBI, Uddhav Thackeray govt had opposed it when in power

OpIndia Staff - 11 October, 2022

Maharashtra government led by Eknath Shinde has agreed to transfer the investigation of the 2020 Palghar lynching case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

News Reports

Maharashtra: Hindu saints attacked, assaulted by locals in Sangli over rumours of child trafficking

OpIndia Staff - 14 September, 2022

The incident happened in Lavana village in Jat tehsil while four sadhus from Uttar Pradesh were driving from Bijapur in Karnataka to the temple town of Pandharpur.

Opinions

Palghar lynching: Two years on, justice still eludes two Hindu sadhus who were handed over to a bloodthirsty mob by the police

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2022

On 16 April 2020, a bloodthirsty mob of over 300 people killed two Hindu sadhus and a driver in Palghar, a satellite town close to Mumbai.

Crime

Navy officer abducted from Chennai airport dies after being set on fire in Palghar, Maharashtra. Read details

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2021

On Saturday, a 27-year-old Navy sailor named Suraj Kumar Dubey succumbed to his injuries after being abducted and set ablaze in Palghar town of Maharashtra.

News Reports

Actor Puneet Issar questions why Maharashtra Police officials did not try to save lives of Palghar sadhus from mob lynching

OpIndia Staff - 8 November, 2020

Months after two Sadhus were lynched to death by a violent mob in Palghar in Maharashtra, actor Puneet Issar questioned police inaction.

News Reports

Republic TV and Maharashtra govt lock horns in Supreme Court: CJI asks both to submit affidavits in 2 weeks

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2020

Arnab Goswami and the Maharashtra government are at loggerheads since Republic Bharat questioned the silence of Sonia Gandhi in Palghar Sadhus' mob lynching case.

News Reports

Mumbai Police issues show-cause notice to Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami over his alleged communal remarks on Palghar Sadhu lynching case

OpIndia Staff - 14 October, 2020

Arnab Goswami issued show-cause notice under Section 108(1)(a) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) by the Mumbai polic

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