What the records say
- When
- 16 Apr 2020
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 20.08° N, 73.06° E
- Description
- Mob lynching happened in Palghar where two sadhus and one man were killed
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2020 Palghar mob lynching
Indian group killing
On 16 April 2020, a vigilante group lynched two Hindu Sadhus and their driver in Gadchinchale Village, Palghar District, Maharashtra, India. The incident was fuelled by rumours of thieves operating in the area during the countrywide coronavirus lockdown. The vigilante group of villagers had mistaken the three passengers as thieves and killed them.
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