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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

After Udaipur case, NIA to take up probe into Amravati killing

The Union Home Ministry on Saturday handed over the probe into the June 21 killing of a pharmacist at Amravati in Maharashtra to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), amid indications that he was killed over a social media post in support of suspended Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

The Ministry, in a tweet, said it had “handed over the investigation of the case relating to the barbaric killing of Shri Umesh Kolhe in Amravati Maharashtra on 21st June to NIA”.

“The conspiracy behind the killing, involvement of organisations and international linkages would be thoroughly investigated,” the Ministry added.

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