Palghar Lynching of Sadhus: None of 101 people arrested is a Muslim reveals Maharashtra Home Minister

Deshmukh in a Facebook address said this is not the time to play politics, and urged all to engage in collective efforts to defeat the deadly coronavirus.

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In one of the most dreadful incidents of Maharashtra, two sadhus and one driver were lynched to death in Christian-Muslim majority area of Palghar. The row erupted after it was reported various media organization did not write that the lynchers were from the Muslim community. Giving rest to all theories and speculations, Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday said none of the 101 people arrested in connection with the Palghar lynching case is a Muslim and accused the opposition of giving communal colour to the incident. 

Deshmukh in a Facebook address said this is not the time to play politics, and urged all to engage in collective efforts to defeat the deadly coronavirus. 

Without naming any leader or party, Deshmukh, who is an NCP leader, said some people were seeing Mungerilal ke haseen sapne (referring to a fictional character from a TV show who daydreams) of returning to power in the state.

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He said in that during the investigation, a rumour did rounds in Palghar that some people were lifting children during the night. The entire episode is being investigated by a special inspector general and the probe has been handed over to the Crime Investigation Department (CID), he said. "The police arrested 101 people in connection with the incident within eight hours after it took place. They had run into neighbouring jungles, but were caught by police. There is no Muslim brother among these 101 people, Deshmukh said. 

The minister said someone was heard as saying oye bas (please stop) in the video clip of the incident, but it was allegedly distorted as Shoaib. 

An attempt was made to give political colour to the incident. And this is very unfortunate...communal politics is being played, Deshmukh alleged. He said such politics is being played at a time when the entire state is engaged in a battle against coronavirus. "It is not the time to play politics, but to fight coronavirus collectively. It is unfortunate some people are seeing 'Mungerilal ke haseen sapne' at this juncture, the minister said. 

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