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Created: 20 April 2020

JAMMU: Seeking exemplary punishment for accused persons, Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) has condemend mob lynching of two sadhus and their driver in Palghar in Maharashtra.  In a statement to press, the JKAP leaders said that the way lynching took place in presence of police is highly deplorable and needs thorough investigation. 

Though Maharashtra Government has claimed the accused persons have been arrested, the JKAP leaders demanded that the accused persons should be given exemplary punishment.  "Lynching of all kinds whether it was Pehlu Khan or Sadhus, it should be condemned by all", said the JKAP leaders.  They said that India is a secular country where we need to preserve ethos of secularism and pluralism in this country.

"It is imperative on the Government of the day to act in a manner which is examplary and desist people from such act of hatred and crime in future," said the JKPM senior leaders. The JKAP senior leaders demanded that Government should make a straingent law to avoid repeat of such an act which has needs to be dealt with iron hands.

"The role of police have also come under scanner why they have failed to protect the lives of the victims," the JKAP senior leaders. "The accused persons should be punished in fast track court. From last several years, this incidents have taken places and the persons involved in the act should be punished under strict laws," demanded the JKAP. 

"We have a culture of tolerance and such a tradition should be protected and promoted by making strict laws for those elements who are bent on disturbing peace in society for one reason or other," they said. As per media reports, over 100 people killed two Sadhus and their driver while police remained mute spectators allegedly letting the barbaric act happen in a horrifying manner in Palghar in Maharashtra.

The statement has been issued by senior JKAP leaders including Manjit Singh, Vikram Malhotra, Kamal Arora, Namrata Sharma, Vaibhav Matoo, Amandeep Singh, Namrata, Sharma, Raqeeq Khan, Bodh Raj, Madan Chalotra and others.