On Friday twenty third December 2022, Maharashtra minister Shambhuraj Desai mentioned within the meeting session that the state intelligence division will examine if former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray directed then-Amravati police commissioner Arti Singh to research the killing of Amravati resident Umesh Kolhe by means of a theft angle. The Excise Minister of the state mentioned this in response to a requirement by unbiased MLA Ravi Rana looking for an SIT probe into the function of the earlier govt within the investigation of the homicide of Umesh Kolhe, who was killed by Islamists for supporting Nupur Sharma.
It is notable that instantly after the homicide, Amravati police had mentioned that it was a case of theft gone incorrect, and police admitted the Nupur Sharma angle a number of days later after a number of individuals together with BJP leaders doubted the police model.
MLA Ravi Rana has urged that the SIT examine former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s cellphone dialog with the Amravati police commissioner for purportedly placing strain on police to divert the course of the investigations into the Umesh Kolhe homicide case. Minister Shambhuraj Desai mentioned that the state intelligence division will probe whether or not there was any strain from the then CM to suppress the Umesh Kolhe homicide case or divert it as a theft case.
It is notable that Umesh Kolhe – a chemist in Amravati – was murdered by Islamists on the night time of twenty first June 2022 whereas returning to his dwelling after closing his store.
Umesh Kolhe was killed for sharing a WhatsApp submit in help of the previous BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma who had allegedly made insulting remarks towards the Prophet Muhammad. Ravi Rana Rana, an unbiased MLA from Amravati, additionally urged that the SIT probe Thackeray’s cellphone dialog with the Amravati police commissioner for allegedly concealing the incident.
In response to a calling consideration movement launched by Rana within the state legislature, Minister Sambhuraj Desai remarked that the state intelligence division (SID) will produce a report on the difficulty in a fortnight.
Sambhuraj Desai mentioned, “The SID report will be handed over to the Deputy Chief Minister (who holds the home department) and thereafter a suitable decision will be taken. Detailed information about the Umesh Kolhe case will be taken from Ravi Rana as he has objected to the functioning of the Amravati police commissioner.”
Desai added, “It will be probed as to who had called whom and the report will be presented to the state’s home minister.”
Rana, who has been essential of Uddhav Thackeray on quite a few matters, together with the prohibition on chanting Hanuman Chalisa in entrance of Matoshree, mentioned that the then-CM, on the request of the Congress politicians, instructed the Amravati police to research Kolhe’s homicide as a theft case.
Ravi Rana mentioned, “MP Navneet Rana and I went to Home Minister Amit Shah and told him that the Chief Minister of the state was trying to suppress the matter. Thereafter, the home minister handed over the investigation to the NIA and its probe revealed that Kolhe was killed because of posts in support of Nupur Sharma.”
Umesh Kolhe, the director of Amit Medicals, was using his motorcycle dwelling after shutting his enterprise on June 21 when he was stabbed to dying within the Ghantaghar locality of Shyam Chowk in Amravati at round 10:30 pm. In this case, the Kotwali police in Amravati filed a homicide case and detained six individuals.
The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis administration transferred the investigation into the difficulty to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which submitted the chargesheet within the case earlier this month. 11 accused have been named within the cost sheet.