Umesh Kolhe murder case: Accused Shahrukh Pathan attacked by prisoners in jail

Umesh Kolhe, a chemist in Maharashtra’s Amravati, was stabbed to death on June 21 when he was returning home after closing his shop. The 54-year-old was murdered for allegedly sharing a post on some WhatsApp groups in support of now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial comments on Prophet Mohammad.

TN National Desk

Updated Aug 3, 2022, 20:46 IST

Arthur Road jail

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Mumbai: Shahrukh Pathan, an accused in the Amravati pharmacist Umesh Kolhe murder case, was allegedly attacked by some prisoners in the Arthur Road jail.

An FIR has been registered against them, news agency ANI reported.

Umesh Kolhe, a chemist in Amravati city of eastern Maharashtra, was stabbed to death on June 21 when he was returning home after closing his shop.

The 54-year-old was murdered for allegedly sharing a post on some WhatsApp groups in support of controversial comments made on Prophet Mohammad by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in May during a TV debate.

Pathan is among the seven people who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the case. All the accused are lodged in Arthur Road jail.

Earlier this month, the anti-terror agency, which took over the probe into the case from the Amravati police, brought to Amravati from Mumbai two of the seven accused and recreated the sequence of events that led to the alleged murder of Kolhe.

The NIA had earlier taken over the custody of all the seven accused in the case. The alleged main accused of the case is Shaikh Irfan Shaikh Rahim.

The central agency had earlier told the in-charge NIA court in Mumbai that the case was of very serious nature and had national as well as international ramifications.

The NIA had told the court that there was “incremental substance” against the accused to show they were involved in terrorist activities.

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