Mathura, Apr 28 (PTI) Shankaracharya Adhokshajanand Deo Tirth on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a probe by a sitting apex court judge into the Palgarh lynching case.

The seer sought an exemplary punishment so that such an incident does not take place in future.

In a letter to the prime minister, he said only a probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge will satisfy seers.

Three men, who were mistaken for thieves, were allegedly lynched on in Maharashtra's Palgarh recently.

Among the victims, two were sadhus.

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