One of the 106 men accused in the Palghar mob lynching case tested positive for coronavirus late on Friday. The district administration said the man was asymptomatic but was hospitalised and kept in isolation on Saturday morning.
On the night of April 16, a mob of close to 400 men gathered outside Gadchinchle village on the border of Dahanu taluka and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Fuelled by rumours of gangs of thieves and organ harvesters roaming the area at night, the mob stopped a van and fatally assaulted its occupants, two sadhus and the driver.
Police on April 17 detained 110 suspects, including nine juveniles who were sent to a children’s home, while the adults were lodged in different lock-ups in Palghar district. Another batch of five suspects was arrested on April 30.
