Maharashtra Police make 25th arrest in Dhule lynching case
India | July 09, 2018 7:54 ISTThe 25th arrest in the lynching case was made on Sunday after a senior police official identified the accused as Dashrath Pimpalse (35).
The 25th arrest in the lynching case was made on Sunday after a senior police official identified the accused as Dashrath Pimpalse (35).
Sinha has stoked a controversy by felicitating the convicts, with opposition terming it a "despicable" and "unfortunate" act.
The former BJP leader and Union minister said that he did not approve of his son's action.
"We have arrested 23 people in connection with the incident. A few more have been identified and five teams have been formed to nab them," Dhule Superintendent of Police (SP) M Ramkumar told PTI.
Earlier on Sunday, five men were lynched on suspicion of being child lifters in Maharashtra's Rainpada village of Dhule district.
Assuring that police and other security forces were completely alert and ready to deal with the situation, Deb said that adequate arrangements were made to maintain law and order in the state.
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Mukesh Agarwala said that police were on the lookout for more people involved in the Friday evening incident.
As the girl narrated the incident to her parents, the family informed their neighbours and they all reached Jitendra's place. They dragged him outside and started thrashing him.
Judge Om Prakash had found them guilty on March 16 under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 149 (unlawful assembly), 435 (mischief by fire or explosive substance) and 302 (murder).
During a discussion on the issue of mob lynching in the Lok Sabha, Opposition today accused the NDA government of encouraging organisations behind the violence by cow vigilantes.
Arun Jaitley pointed out that that the central government could not be blamed for violence by “some people” as it was the responsibility of the state governments to deal with such issues.
The Opposition today targeted the government over the lynchings, with the Congress accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "creating such an environment" and indulging in "double speak" on the issue.
The Opposition today alleged involvement of "some members" of BJP and Sangh Parivar in lynching incidents.
Militant Sajid Ahmad Gilkar, who was killed in an encounter in Budgam today, had played a key role in the lynching of DSP Mohammad Ayub Pandith last month.
BJP today said a "conspiracy" was being hatched against Hindus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the nation to gain political mileage in the name of intolerance and lynching incidents.
In a major turnaround in the Junaid Khan lynching case, the police on Sunday claimed that the killing had nothing to do with beef, instead it was a result of an altercation over a seat in the Delhi-Mathura train
If the plan gets an approval from the Union Home Ministry, the NCRB will collect country-wide data on lynching incidents annually, and record causes and analyse reasons for the same
J&K Police today said it had cracked the case of lynching of police officer Ayub Pandith.
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