Bhubaneswar, Aug. 31 -- Palghar: In a stringent action, the Maharashtra government has dismissed one suspended policeman and slapped compulsory retirement on two others in a fallout of the April 16 Palghar lynching case which claimed the lives of two sadhus and their driver, an official said here on Monday.

"Following a departmental enquiry, Assistant Police-Inspector Anandrao Kale has been served with dismissal orders while his colleagues - Assistant Sub-Inspector Ravi Salunkhe and Constable Naresh Dhodi - have been compulsorily retired," Palghar Police Spokesperson Sachin Navadkar told IANS.

The dismissal and retirement orders, all with immediate effect, were issued late on Saturday by Konkan Range Inspector General of Police Niket Ka...