SC orders SIT with Hindu-Muslim officers to probe assault on 17-year-old in Maharashtra's Akola
Sep 11, 2025
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Maharashtra government to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising senior Hindu and Muslim police officers to investigate the alleged assault of a 17-year-old boy during the communal violence in Akola on May 13, 2023, that killed one person and left eight others, including two police officers, injured.