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In a new development in the Palghar mafia lynching case, CID and Maharashtra police have called on NCP member Gram Panchayat, Kashinath Chaudhary, to record his statement about his presence at the scene and his role in the incident. .
Kashinath was seen in one of the videos of the horrible incident. According to local residents, Kashinath and three CPM leaders Vishnu Paatra, Subhash Bhavar and Dharma Bhavar were present at the scene when the crowd lynched the sadhus. However, police said Kashinath was brought to the scene by police to control the crowd.
The lynching of three men, including two Kalpavriksha Giri Maharaj saints (70 years old), Sushil Giri Maharaj (35), in the Palghar of Maharashtra on April 16, triggered a political fight with the BJP and other parties accusing the state government of not take action against those involved in the incident. The mafia lynching took place when the three men were traveling from Mumbai in a car to Surat in Gujarat to attend a funeral.
The visionaries’ vehicle was stopped near a village in the Palghar district and 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 later identified as Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), Sushilgiri Maharaj (35), and driver Nilesh Telgade (30). Police have arrested 101 people, including nine minors, in connection with this case.
The Zee News team visited the crime scene and spoke to several local people to learn more about the incident, and many people who wished to remain anonymous hinted that the lynching of the saints was part of a political conspiracy.
Palghar is dominated by tribes and is a stronghold of communist and related parties. The town where the saints were lynched falls under the constituency of the Dahanu Assembly of Palghar and the current Dahanu MLA, Vinod Nikole, is from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPM. Previously, the seat was a stronghold of Congress, but after 1999, the PNC and the CMF settled in the region. After 1999, NCP and CPM have each won twice from Dahanu.
Sources said around 2,000 people were present at the crime scene when the incident occurred, and the majority of these men are alleged to be from NCP and CPM.
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