Amravati killing: Umesh Kolhe's Islamist killers request transfer out of Arthur Road jail for fear of life
The transfer application by the accused have been filed a day after one of them named Shahrukh Pathan was allegedly beaten up by some of the other prisoners in the jail.
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Mumbai, July 28: The accused who brutally killed Umesh Kolhe in June for allegedly supporting BJP ex-spokesperson Nupur Sharma on social media, have filed an application in the NIA court to shift from Arthur Road jail to a different one. The accused have stated that there is a threat to their life in the current jail.
Pathan is one of 7 detained in the case by NIA. Earlier this month NIA took over the investigations from the Amravati cops, had brought two of the 7 suspects from Mumbai to Amravati and recreated the series of events that led to the killing of Kolhe.
All the accused identified as Sheikh Irfan, Yusuf Khan, Abdul Taufiq, Mudassir Ahmed, Shoaib Khan, Atib Rashid, and Shahrukh Khan Pathan have been detained by the Police. The NIA and the jail authorities have not objected to the ‘shift of jail’ application filed by the accused. However, it is not clear yet to which jail will the accused be shifted.
According to reports, the NIA and jail authorities have raised no objection to the application. The application by the accused have been filed a day after one of them named Shahrukh was allegedly beaten up by some of the other prisoners in the jail.
The case has also been registered by the Police against the prisoners who led the attack on Pathan. Kolhe, a pharmacist in Amravati, was stabbed to death on June 21 while coming home after shutting his store.
The 54-year-old was killed for reportedly sharing a post on several WhatsApp groups in favour of now-suspended BJP spokesman Nupur Sharma’s alleged inflammatory statements against Prophet Mohammad.
All the accused identified as Sheikh Irfan, Yusuf Khan, Abdul Taufiq, Mudassir Ahmed, Shoaib Khan, Atib Rashid, and Shahrukh Khan Pathan have been detained by the Police. The NIA and the jail authorities have not objected to the ‘shift of jail’ application filed by the accused. However, it is not clear yet to which jail will the accused be shifted.