The Maharashtra CID Crime Branch has arrested 19 more persons, a single of them aged 70, in connection with the lynching of two sadhus and their driver by a mob in Palghar district in April, an official mentioned on Wednesday.
Besides, 5 juveniles have been detained by the police in connection with the April 16 incident which took location in Gadchinchale village below Kasa police station limits of the district, he mentioned.
The arrests and detentions took location on Tuesday, the official mentioned.
Those arrested incorporated a 70-year-old man, an M Tech degree holder and a expert employed as a manager in a nicely-recognized corporation, he mentioned.
The official mentioned so far 248 accused have been arrested for the mob violence, of which 105 have been granted bail.
Also, 15 minors have been detained so far in the case, he added.
Those arrested on Tuesday have been made prior to a neighborhood magistrate on Wednesday and remanded in 14-day judicial custody, their counsel Amrut Adikari mentioned.
The 5 minors have been made prior to a juvenile court at Bhiwandi in adjoining Thane district and sent to remand house, he mentioned.
The brutal mob attack took location amid rumours that youngster-lifters have been roaming in the location through the lockdown.
The case, initially probed by the Palghar police, was later handed more than to the CID, which has currently filed charge-sheets.
The lynching victims have been identified by the police as Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), Sushil Giri Maharaj (35) and their driver Nilesh Telgade (30).