Eknath Shinde gives Rs 5 lakh each to kin of three victims of 2020 Palghar mob lynching case

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Palghar: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde handed over cheques of Rs 5 lakh each to kin of three persons, including two sadhus, lynched by a mob in Palghar district in 2020...

Sadhus Kalpavriksha Giri Maharaj (70), Sushil Giri Maharaj (35) and their driver Nilesh Telgade (30) were killed by a mob while their vehicle was passing through Gadchinchale village late night on April 16 that year in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown...

The case had made national headlines at the time and several persons who were allegedly part of the 500-strong mob were arrested and are facing trial...

Speaking on the occasion, Shinde said then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has never bothered to meet the kin of these three persons...

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