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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday that none of the 101 people arrested in connection with the Palghar lynching case is Muslim, and accused the opposition of giving the incident a communal color.
Calling the incident unfortunate and a stain on humanity, Deshmukh in a Facebook address said that this is not the time to play politics, and urged everyone to participate in collective efforts to defeat the deadly coronavirus.
Without naming any leader or party, Deshmukh, who is an NCP leader, said some people were watching Mungerilal ke haseen sapne (referring to a fictional character from a daydreaming television show) coming back to power in the state.
He said in the run-up to the incident, a rumor spread in Palghar that some people were raising children overnight.
The entire episode is being investigated by a special inspector general and the probe has been turned over to the Crime Investigation Department (CID), he said.
“Police arrested 101 people in connection with the incident within eight hours after it took place. They had encountered neighboring jungles but were caught by the police. There are no Muslim brothers among these 101 people,” Deshmukh said. .
The minister said that someone was heard saying hey bas (please stop) in the video clip of the incident, but he was allegedly distorted as Shoaib.
An attempt was made to give the incident a political color. And this is very unfortunate … communal politics is at stake, Deshmukh alleged.
He said such a policy is being played out at a time when the entire state is engaged in a battle against the coronavirus.
“This is not the time to play politics, but to fight the coronavirus collectively. It is unfortunate that some people are watching ‘Mungerilal ke haseen sapne’ at the moment,” said the minister.
The incident took place on the night of April 16 when three men, two seers and their driver, were traveling from Mumbai in a car to Surat in Gujarat to attend a funeral.
Their vehicle was stopped near a village in the Palghar district, where the three were dragged out of the car and beaten to death with sticks by a mafia on suspicion that they were child lifters.
The deceased were identified as Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), Sushilgiri Maharaj (35), and driver Nilesh Telgade (30).
The Maharashtra government previously ordered a high-level investigation into the incident, and two Palghar police officers were suspended on Monday for alleged breach of duty.
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Calling the incident unfortunate and a stain on humanity, Deshmukh in a Facebook address said that this is not the time to play politics, and urged everyone to participate in collective efforts to defeat the deadly coronavirus.
Without naming any leader or party, Deshmukh, who is an NCP leader, said some people were watching Mungerilal ke haseen sapne (referring to a fictional character from a daydreaming television show) coming back to power in the state.
He said in the run-up to the incident, a rumor spread in Palghar that some people were raising children overnight.
The entire episode is being investigated by a special inspector general and the probe has been turned over to the Crime Investigation Department (CID), he said.
“Police arrested 101 people in connection with the incident within eight hours after it took place. They had encountered neighboring jungles but were caught by the police. There are no Muslim brothers among these 101 people,” Deshmukh said. .
The minister said that someone was heard saying hey bas (please stop) in the video clip of the incident, but he was allegedly distorted as Shoaib.
An attempt was made to give the incident a political color. And this is very unfortunate … communal politics is at stake, Deshmukh alleged.
He said such a policy is being played out at a time when the entire state is engaged in a battle against the coronavirus.
“This is not the time to play politics, but to fight the coronavirus collectively. It is unfortunate that some people are watching ‘Mungerilal ke haseen sapne’ at the moment,” said the minister.
The incident took place on the night of April 16 when three men, two seers and their driver, were traveling from Mumbai in a car to Surat in Gujarat to attend a funeral.
Their vehicle was stopped near a village in the Palghar district, where the three were dragged out of the car and beaten to death with sticks by a mafia on suspicion that they were child lifters.
The deceased were identified as Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), Sushilgiri Maharaj (35), and driver Nilesh Telgade (30).
The Maharashtra government previously ordered a high-level investigation into the incident, and two Palghar police officers were suspended on Monday for alleged breach of duty.
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