Speaking about Palghar lynching incident video, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said, "There was a sound heard in the video 'Oye Bas', people...called it 'Shoaib Bas'." "People tried to bring communal angle," he added. Stating that 101 people were arrested within 8 hours of the incident, Deshmukh said, "There's no Muslim in that list."