India News | Palghar Lynching Case: 38 Held, Remanded in Judicial Custody
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Thirty-eight people were arrested by Maharashtra police on Saturday in connection with April's Palghar lynching case in which two sadhus and their driver were killed by a mob, a case that had hit national headlines and led to a political slugfest.
Palghar, Oct 24 (PTI) Thirty-eight people were arrested by Maharashtra police on Saturday in connection with April's Palghar lynching case in which two sadhus and their driver were killed by a mob, a case that had hit national headlines and led to a political slugfest.
They were sent to judicial custody by a Dahanu court till November 4, officials said.
Earlier, on October 21, a total of 24 people were held followed by eight the next day, they said.
The total number of accused in judicial custody is now 70, they added.
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On April 16, two seers and their driver, who were heading towards Surat from Mumbai in a car, were beaten to death by a mob in Palghar's Gadchinchlale village on suspicion that they were child-lifters.
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