The Maharashtra government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has no objection to transferring the 2020 Palghar mob lynching case of two Hindu sadhus to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, in an affidavit, said that it is ready and willing to hand over the investigation to the CBI and would have no objection to the same.
After the Maharashtra government transferred the, Union Minister Narayan Rane said the matter should be thoroughly investigated and the truth should come out.
Maharastra State filed the affidavit on the petitions arising out of the unfortunate attack and lynching of two sadhus and sought the transfer of the investigation into the matter to the CBI in order to conduct an independent and impartial investigation.
The pleas sought a CBI or a court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the incident that took place in the Palghar district in April 2020.
Earlier, the Maharashtra government had told the apex court that an investigation had been completed in the Palghar lynching case.
The Maharashtra government had earlier informed the Supreme Court that all guilty police officials had been punished or suspended from service.
The pleas have also sought a probe by the CBI and the registration of an FIR.
