In relation to the savagery killing of three people, including two sadhus, Home minister Amit Shah asked Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray through a telephonic chat asked for a report on the Palghar mob lynching in which three people were killed on Thursday night.
The Maharashtra government had ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident on Sunday. Meanwhile, two police personnel of Palghar’s Kasa Police Station were suspended, district SP Gaurav Singh told ANI.
Home minister Anil Deshmukh also warned against giving any communal colour to the incident, as two of the three deceased were believed to be seers. In a tweet issued from his handle, the home minister said, “Police have detained 101 people involved into the killing of three Surat-bound people in Palghar. I have also ordered high-level inquiry into these killings.”
Deshmukh further said that the police is keeping a close eye on those who wanted to use this incident to create a rift in society.
“Those who attacked and who died in the Palghar mob killings are not from different religions. I have ordered Maharashtra police and @MahaCyber1 to take action against anyone instigating communal hatred in the society or on social media,” Deshmukh said in a tweet in Hindi.
Former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis condemned the mob attack and demanded a high-level inquiry to bring the perpetrators to justice.
