Mumbai: The BJP-led Mahayuti government will commemorate Partition Horrors Remembrance Day across the state today (August 14). Divisional Commissioners and District Collectors have been asked to host various events to “create awareness about the poignant memories and sufferings of people during Partition”.

In another development, the department of skills, employment and innovation, led by the BJP minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, will celebrate 150 years of Vande Mataram. Lodha will head a 7member committee for this.

Remembrance to Be Marked Across Public Spaces

As per a circular, the commemoration of the remembrance should be organised in banks, post offices, railway stations, airports, shopping malls, educational institutes, petrol pumps, skill development centres and vocational training institutes, to name a few. The administration should make efforts for the participation of maximum people besides hosting programmes where freedom fighters, eminent senior citizens and public representatives are to be invited. People who have suffered the partition ordeal should also be invited, the state circular states.

Significantly, the circular directs the government machinery to take precautions so that the feelings of sections/groups in society are not hurt. The cautionary advice appears twice in the two-page circular. The event is about the tragedy of partition and the woes of people, hence it should not hurt the feelings of any community, it states.

Jalgaon: Suleman Rahim Khan Pathan, a 21-year-old man, was killed through beating in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. The incident occurred on Monday when Suleman traveled to Jamner to complete online applications for police recruitment. In the afternoon, as he sat in a cafe with a girl, 8 to 10 men grabbed his mobile phone and unexpectedly assaulted him.

They pulled Suleman to his village and violently assaulted him, making him lose consciousness. When his relatives attempted to rescue him, the assailants reacted with violence towards them as well. Suleman’s 80-year-old grandfather was also affected. The assailants showcased him on the street and struck him with wooden clubs.

Suleman was taken to the hospital by his villagers, where he was pronounced dead by doctors. His father stated that his son was not dating any girl, and during the confrontation, the villagers were unable to assist because of their fear.

According to Suleman’s father, Rahim Khan, on the day of the incident Suleman was working with his father, when around 11 am Suleman told his father he is going to fill up a Police recruitment form after which the people kidnapped and beat him. The people was brought to his home at around 4pm. When the father tried to intervene the mob started attacking him and other members of the family.

Police Arrests 8 Suspects

The authorities have apprehended 8 suspects related to this case up to now. The initial four suspects were apprehended on Tuesday: Abhishek Rajkumar Rajput (22), Ghanshyam also known as Suraj Biharilal Sharma (25), Deepak Bajirao (20), and Ranjan also referred to as Ranjit Ramakrishna Matade (48).

While the other four were taken into custody on Wednesday. All the defendants have been placed in police detention until August 18. The arrests were confirmed by the inspector of the Jamner police station.

Palghar, Maharashtra: A broad daylight attack in a busy Palghar neighbourhood shocked residents on Wednesday after a young man allegedly assaulted a 35-year-old with an axe, leaving him seriously injured.

The incident occurred around 4 p.m. at the main square in the Kamala Park housing colony on Mahi Road. According to police sources, the accused, believed to be around 27 years old, struck Baboolal Fulchand Yadav in the face with an axe, causing severe injuries. Yadav was immediately rushed to a hospital, where he is undergoing treatment.

Eyewitnesses said the attacker attempted to flee, but local residents intervened, catching him and tying him to a tree with ropes before thrashing him. Police arrived shortly afterward, to control the mob and take the accused into custody 

The motive behind the attack is still under investigation, and the process of registering a formal case in ongoing. The suspect’s identity had not been officially confirmed at the time of reporting.