Bollywood Celebs Condemn 'Barbaric' Palghar Mob Lynching Incident
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By P T I
Bollywood
celebrities
including
Swara
Bhaskar,
Richa
Chadha,
Farhan
Akhtar
and
father
Javed
Akhtar
have
condemned
the
Palghar
lynching
incident,
saying
mob
rule
had
no
place
in
a
civilised
society.
On
the
night
of
April
16,
three
Mumbai
residents
who
were
on
their
way
to
Surat
in
Gujarat
were
lynched
by
local
residents
in
Maharashtra's
Palghar
district
on
the
suspicion
that
they
were
thieves.
In
a
post
on
Twitter,
Farhan
said
those
behind
the
crime
should
be
brought
to
justice.
"Strongly
condemn
the
violence
that
took
the
lives
of
3
people
in
Palghar.
Mob
rule
should
have
no
place
in
our
society
and
I
hope
the
murderers
have
been
arrested
and
that
justice
is
delivered
swiftly," he
said.
Filmmaker
Reema
Kagti
said,
"Absolutely
condemn
the
incident
at
#Palghar.
Swift
&
strong
action
must
be
taken
against
all
the
perpetrators
for
this
brutal,
barbaric
attack.
@CMOMaharashtra
@DGPMaharashtra."
Farhan's
father,
veteran
writer-lyricist
Javed
Akhtar
demanded
strict
punishment
against
the
accused.
"Those
who
are
responsible
for
the
lynching
of
the
two
seers
and
their
driver
should
not
be
spared
at
any
cost.
There
shouldn't
be
any
tolerance
for
a
barbaric
and
heinous
crime
like
lynching
in
a
civilised
society,"
Akhtar
said.
Actor
Urmila
Matondkar
termed
themob
lynching
as
'highly
condemnable
and
inhuman'.
However,
she
also
urged
people
to
refrain
from
giving
a
communal
colour
to
the
incident.
"#PalgharMobLynching
is
highly
condemnable
and
inhuman.
All
the
accused
have
already
been
arrested
and
will
be
brought
to
justice
in
the
strongest
manner.
But
there's
certainly
no
need
to
communalise
it.
Humanity
is
at
peril
not
any
particular
religion
in
such
times.
#Palghar,"
she
added.
Actor
Jaaved
Jaaferi
said
the
paranoia
amongst
people
in
the
country
must
be
controlled.
"The
lynching
of
3
people
in
#Palgarh
is
absolutely
dastardly...
The
paranoia
amongst
people
in
the
country
has
to
be
controlled...
Taking
the
law
into
your
hands
and
indulging
in
vigilantism' should
be
most
strictly
dealt
with
by
the
police
and
judiciary,"
he
tweeted.
Richa
Chadha
said,
"Horrific
news
from
Palghar.
And
we'll
be
so
quick
to
fit
this
tragedy
into
our
respective
world-views,
that
we'd
have
forgotten
that
we
actually
live
among
a
crazed,
violent,
unpredictable
mob!
Over
100
ppl
took
3
lives!
Condolences
to
the
families
of
the
deceased.
Gutted."
Actor
Swara
Bhasker
said
the
incident
is
a
"shameful"
reflection
of
the
society.
"#palghar
Highly
condemnable!
A
shameful
reflection
of
who
we
are
as
a
society.
Maybe
a
time
for
reflection..
when
you
breed
a
culture
violence
&
normalise
mob
justice
on
streets..
it
comes
home
one
day...
this
is
a
disease
in
our
society
allowed
to
fester
&
become
a
monster!"
she
wrote.