Palghar lynching case: In a contemporary replace to the Palghar mob lynching case, the Maharashtra authorities on Friday knowledgeable the Supreme Court that it has advisable to hand over the probe into the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). This comes after the highest courtroom took the matter for listening to after it was adjourned for 2 weeks on April 13.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha took notice of the contemporary affidavit of the state authorities {that a} communication to this impact has already been issued by it.
“In view of the decision taken by the state government, no further direction is needed on these petitions at this stage. The petitions are disposed of,” the bench stated. The pleas demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), alleging that the investigation by the state police was being performed in a biased method.
MVA govt’s stand on the matter
The erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities had opposed the plea for a CBI probe into the incident and later, with the change within the dispensation within the state, it agreed to the petitions in search of an investigation by the central probe company.
Earlier, the counsel, showing for the Maharashtra authorities, informed the bench that the state has consented to the CBI probe into the incident however additional directions from the federal government are awaited therefore matter be adjourned for 2 weeks.
Following this, the apex courtroom requested the Maharashtra authorities to file an affidavit earlier than it stating that it’s referring to the investigation. It informed the Maharashtra authorities that when the State has no objection to transferring the Palgarh lynching case to the CBI, it may refer the case to the company itself.
About the Palghar lynching case
It must be talked about right here that the horrific incident passed off in April 2020 whereby two Sadhus and a driver had been lynched to demise. Three folks from Kandivali in Mumbai had been travelling in a automotive to attend a funeral in Surat in Gujarat amid the Covid-19-induced nationwide lockdown.
During the journey, their car was stopped they usually had been attacked and allegedly killed by a mob in Gadchinchile village on the evening of April 16, 2020, within the presence of police. The victims had been recognized as Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri, 70, Sushil Giri Maharaj, 35, and Nilesh Telgade, 30, who was driving the car.
(With inputs from companies)
