Palghar lynching: Two Police personnel of Kasa Police Station suspended

Two Police personnel of Kasa Police Station have been suspended in connection with Palghar incident, said Palghar SP Gaurav Singh.

Palghar Police have arrested 110 people including 9 juveniles, in connection with the lynching of three persons by the villagers, suspecting them as thieves here on Sunday.

While 101 people have been remanded in police custody till April 30, 9 others have been sent to a juvenile home.

Three people, who were travelling from Kandivali in Mumbai to Gujarat via interior roads of Palghar, were beaten to death on April 17 by Gadchinchle villagers, suspecting them as thieves, police said on Sunday.The three men were taken to the hospital where they were declared brought dead, police said. K Shinde, District Magistrate, Palghar, said the police reached the spot immediately but villagers continued to attack the three men.