Pehlu Khan lynching case: Unidentified persons fire at witnesses on way to court, police begin probe
6 years, 3 months ago

Pehlu Khan lynching case: Unidentified persons fire at witnesses on way to court, police begin probe

Firstpost  

Following a complaint lodged by Pehlu Khan’s son Irshad at the Neemrana police station, a case was registered and investigation initiated, they said. Jaipur: Witnesses in the Pehlu Khan lynching case, including the victim’s two sons, were allegedly fired upon by unidentified men on Saturday while they were on their way to depose before a court in Behror town of Alwar district, police said. He said a request for day-to-day trial of the accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case has been made to the district collector and the district judge. In April last year, Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer, was allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes in Alwar district when he was transporting cattle to his village in Haryana.

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Chhattisgarh mob lynching case: U.P. cattle transporter dies
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh mob lynching case: U.P. cattle transporter dies

The Hindu  

Saddam Qureshi, the sole survivor in which three cattle transporters from Uttar Pradesh were allegedly attacked by a mob in Chhattisgarh’s Arang earlier this month, succumbed to his injuries on June 18. Kirtan Rathore, Additional Superintendent of Police, confirmed the death of Mr. Qureshi and said the victim had been shifted to the government-run DKS Super Specialty Hospital in Raipur …

Gau sevak murder case | Illegal shop owned by main accused demolished in Chhattisgarh
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Gau sevak murder case | Illegal shop owned by main accused demolished in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu  

Municipal authorities on January 25 demolished a shop belonging to a main accused of murdering a cow shelter worker in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district. The shop owner, Ayaj Khan — along with five others, including a minor — was held on January 21 for allegedly murdering Sadhram Yadav, a gau sevak, on January 20. Kabirdham Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said …

Singhu Border Lynching Case: 3 Accused Sent to Police Remand; 2 SITs Conducting Probe
3 years, 2 months ago

Singhu Border Lynching Case: 3 Accused Sent to Police Remand; 2 SITs Conducting Probe

News 18  

Three people allegedly involved in the lynching of a labourer at a farmers' protest site near Singhu border were remanded to six days in police custody as the Haryana Police set up two Special Investigation Teams to probe the incident. Narain Singh, a key member of the Sikhs' Nihang order, who was arrested on Saturday from near Amritsar, besides two …

Kin of lynching victims wait for justice
3 years, 5 months ago

Kin of lynching victims wait for justice

The Hindu  

The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh supremo Mohan Bhagwat made headlines recently with his seemingly placatory noises towards Indian Muslims. They have made me an accused basically to counter the charge sheet filed against the accused in Akhlaq’s lynching.” In the main case of Akhlaq’s killing, a charge sheet has been framed, and the sessions court at Surajpur issued a summons to …

There are too many unanswered questions in Palghar Sadhu lynching case
4 years, 8 months ago

There are too many unanswered questions in Palghar Sadhu lynching case

Op India  

The brutal lynching of Swami Kalpvriksha Giri, Sushil Giriand their driver has shocked the entire nation. The subsequent social media backlash forced Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to break his silence and address the Palghar Sadhu lynching case in a brief address. Inadequacy of the Police in the Palghar Sadhu lynching case Vicious rumour-mongering being common in the area, the victims …

Ashok Gehlot welcomes Rajasthan HC decision to quash cattle smuggling charges, says FIR against Pehlu Khan conspiracy to protect real culprits
5 years, 2 months ago

Ashok Gehlot welcomes Rajasthan HC decision to quash cattle smuggling charges, says FIR against Pehlu Khan conspiracy to protect real culprits

Firstpost  

On 1 April in 2017, Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old dairy farmer from Haryana’s Nuh, was beaten up by self-styled cow vigilantes near Behror in Rajasthan on Delhi-Alwar highway. New Delhi: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot welcomed the High Court’s decision to dismiss the FIR and charge-sheet against Pehlu Khan in a cattle smuggling case. On 14 October, the Rajasthan government …

Pehlu Khan lynching case: Rajasthan HC quashes cattle smuggling case against victim, his two sons and driver
5 years, 2 months ago

Pehlu Khan lynching case: Rajasthan HC quashes cattle smuggling case against victim, his two sons and driver

Firstpost  

Pehlu Khan and his companions were initially said to be on their way to Haryana’s Nuh district from Jaipur when the cow vigilantes stopped two of the vehicles on the Jaipur-Delhi national highway. The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the cow smuggling case against Pehlu Khan, who was lynched over two years ago in Alwar. According …

Rajasthan HC Quashes Cattle Smuggling Case Against Pehlu Khan, His Two Sons And Driver [Read Judgment]
5 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan HC Quashes Cattle Smuggling Case Against Pehlu Khan, His Two Sons And Driver [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a big relief to the family of Pehlu Khan, who was allegedly killed two years ago by a mob that set upon him while he was transporting cows, the charge sheet against Khan and his two sons for cow-smuggling has been quashed by the Rajasthan High Court.While disposing of the petition filed by truck driver Khan Mohammed and the …

Pehlu Khan lynching case: Getting away with murder
5 years, 4 months ago

Pehlu Khan lynching case: Getting away with murder

The Hindu  

THE spotlight refuses to shift from the emblematic Pehlu Khan lynching case. On August 14, 2019, the Alwar district court exonerated all the six accused in the case, leaving many shocked and Pehlu Khan’s family disappointed. “The court acquitted all six men who were accused of murdering Pehlu Khan,” informed Qasim Khan, who has extended legal help to the team …

Ashok Gehlot announces fresh probe into Pehlu Khan case, formation of Heinous Crime Monitoring Unit in Rajasthan
5 years, 4 months ago

Ashok Gehlot announces fresh probe into Pehlu Khan case, formation of Heinous Crime Monitoring Unit in Rajasthan

Firstpost  

On Sunday, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said that a fresh probe into the Pehlu Khan lynching case will be initiated, on grounds of the acquittal of the 6 accused of lynching him. After drawing flak from the court for the shoddy police investigation which led to the acquittal of the six accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case, Rajasthan …

Pehlu Khan case: Justice Chandrachud says judging a case based on evidence is one of the ‘great torments’
5 years, 4 months ago

Pehlu Khan case: Justice Chandrachud says judging a case based on evidence is one of the ‘great torments’

Op India  

Justice DY Chandrachud, on Saturday said that one of the ‘biggest torments’ of being a judge is that one has to decide on the basis of evidence. Justice Chandrachud was opining on the 2017 Alwar lynching case where all six accused were recently acquitted by a Rajasthan court. Justice Dhananjaya Chandrachud, Supreme Court judge on #PehluKhan case: Cases, where courts …

Criminal case filed against Priyanka Gandhi for her tweet on Pehlu Khan lynching case
5 years, 4 months ago

Criminal case filed against Priyanka Gandhi for her tweet on Pehlu Khan lynching case

India TV News  

A criminal case has been registered against Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Muzaffarpur Court by advocate Sudhir Ojha for her tweet on the recent judgment in Pehlu Khan lynching case of Alwar. "Today in Chief Judicial Magistrate court here, I have filed a criminal case against Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra under section 504, 506, 153 of the Indian …

Rajasthan govt orders fresh probe into Pehlu Khan lynching case, two days after Ashok Gehlot promises to challenge Alwar court verdict
5 years, 4 months ago

Rajasthan govt orders fresh probe into Pehlu Khan lynching case, two days after Ashok Gehlot promises to challenge Alwar court verdict

Firstpost  

The Rajasthan government ordered a fresh probe into the Pehlu Khan lynching case on Friday, CNN-News18 reported, two days after a court in Alwar acquitted the six accused, stating that the video of the incident was inadmissible evidence The Rajasthan government ordered a fresh probe into the Pehlu Khan lynching case on Friday, CNN-News18 reported, two days after a court …

Pehlu Khan murder: Acquittal of accused shocks Muslims, threatens to weaken community's faith in judiciary
5 years, 5 months ago

Pehlu Khan murder: Acquittal of accused shocks Muslims, threatens to weaken community's faith in judiciary

Firstpost  

The acquittal of six persons accused of lynching Pehlu Khan, the dairy farmer whom they waylaid near Alwar, in Rajasthan, while he was ferrying cattle from Jaipur on 1 April, 2017, has been ascribed to the shoddy police investigation in the case. Yet the acquittal of those accused of beating Pehlu Khan to death can’t but demoralise the Muslims of …

Pehlu Khan lynching: Indian state to appeal acquittal of accused
5 years, 5 months ago

Pehlu Khan lynching: Indian state to appeal acquittal of accused

Al Jazeera  

Rajasthan government says it will appeal against court order that acquitted 6 vigilantes in killing of Muslim man. A provincial government in India has said it will appeal a court ruling that acquitted six men charged with lynching a 55-year-old Muslim dairy farmer in 2017. “Our state government has enacted law against mob lynching … We are committed to ensuring …

Pehlu Khan case ends in acquittal of all accused: Asaduddin Owaisi slams Rajasthan govt for 'deliberately shoddy prosecution'
5 years, 5 months ago

Pehlu Khan case ends in acquittal of all accused: Asaduddin Owaisi slams Rajasthan govt for 'deliberately shoddy prosecution'

Firstpost  

Pehlu Khan, a resident of Jaisinghpura village in Haryana’s Nuh district, died in hospital on 3 April, 2017 triggering outrage over the murder. Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday blamed “shoddy prosecution” for the acquittal of all six accused in the lynching of Pehlu Khan in April, 2017 by a mob for transporting cows. They wanted to be famous …

Rajasthan court acquits six accused in Pehlu Khan lynching case
5 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan court acquits six accused in Pehlu Khan lynching case

Live Mint  

Additional district judge Dr Sarita Swami in Alwar on Wednesday acquitted the six accused persons of the total 9 accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case. Two years ago Khan was allegedly killed by a cow vigilante’s mob near Delhi-Alwar highway. Hukam Chand Sharma, defence lawyer, told the court that Khan had not named the accused in the first statement …

Rajasthan court acquits all 6 accused in 2017 Pehlu Khan lynching case; judge refuses to accept video as evidence
5 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan court acquits all 6 accused in 2017 Pehlu Khan lynching case; judge refuses to accept video as evidence

Firstpost  

Pehlu Khan was beaten up by cow vigilantes near Behror in Rajasthan on 1 April 2017 and succumbed to injuries two days later. A Rajasthan court has acquitted all six accused in the lynching of Pehlu Khan in 2017 by a mob that set upon him while he was transporting cows. Hours after the verdict, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot …

Alwar court acquits 6 men accused of lynching Pehlu Khan on video
5 years, 5 months ago

Alwar court acquits 6 men accused of lynching Pehlu Khan on video

Hindustan Times  

An Alwar court acquitted on Wednesday six people accused of lynching dairy farmer Pehlu Khan while he was transporting cows in Rajasthan two years ago. In September 2017, the police closed investigation against the six men Khan named based on the statements by the staff of a cow shelter as well as mobile phone records. Sharma called the Alwar decision …

Rajasthan court to pronounce verdict in Pehlu Khan lynching case today; trial concluded on 7 August after 40 witnesses deposed
5 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan court to pronounce verdict in Pehlu Khan lynching case today; trial concluded on 7 August after 40 witnesses deposed

Firstpost  

A court in Rajasthan’s Alwar is likely to pronounce its verdict in the Pehlu Khan lynching case on Wednesday. The court of the Alwar additional district judge will pronounce its ruling after having heard the testimonies of more than 40 witnesses, including the 55-year-old victim’s sons. Khan, a resident of Haryana’s Nuh village, was beaten up by cow vigilantes near …

Rajasthan Police get Alwar court's nod to reopen cow smuggling case against Pehlu Khan's sons
5 years, 6 months ago

Rajasthan Police get Alwar court's nod to reopen cow smuggling case against Pehlu Khan's sons

Firstpost  

Pehlu Khan’s name was dropped from the charge sheet filed in May as he has died, police had said earlier. Jaipur: An Alwar court has accepted the police plea to investigate further a cow smuggling case against a truck operator and the two sons of Pehlu Khan, who was lynched two years ago for allegedly transporting the animals illegally. While …

Rajasthan Police seeks court nod to re-investigate cow smuggling case against Alwar mob lynching victim Pehlu Khan's sons
5 years, 6 months ago

Rajasthan Police seeks court nod to re-investigate cow smuggling case against Alwar mob lynching victim Pehlu Khan's sons

Firstpost  

The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan had faced criticism a fortnight ago after a charge sheet was filed against Khan’s sons and a truck operator in the cow smuggling case. Jaipur: The Rajasthan police has sought permission from an Alwar court to investigate further the cow smuggling case against the two sons of Pehlu Khan, who was lynched two …

Rajasthan: CM Ashok Gehlot blatantly lies; Pehlu Khan and his sons named in the charge-sheet for cattle smuggling
5 years, 6 months ago

Rajasthan: CM Ashok Gehlot blatantly lies; Pehlu Khan and his sons named in the charge-sheet for cattle smuggling

Op India  

Responding to the outrage caused by the inclusion of alleged cow smuggler Pehlu Khan’s name in the charge-sheet, CM Ashok Gehlot yesterday seems to have resorted to brazen lies claiming that Pehlu Khan’s name has not been mentioned in the charge-sheet. However, OpIndia is in possession of the charge-sheet filed by the Rajasthan police in December 2018 which clearly mentions …

My government didn't name Pehlu Khan in charge sheet: Ashok Gehlot
5 years, 6 months ago

My government didn't name Pehlu Khan in charge sheet: Ashok Gehlot

India TV News  

Amid the row broke over Alwar lynch mob victim Pehlu Khan being named in a charge sheet, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday sought to clarify that the killed dairy farmer was not charged by his government. "Name of Late Pehlu Khan is not there in the chargesheet submitted by Rajasthan Police in December 2018. Asked if Khan was …

Lynching victim Pehlu Khan's sons chargesheeted for cow smuggling
5 years, 6 months ago

Lynching victim Pehlu Khan's sons chargesheeted for cow smuggling

India TV News  

Two years after Haryana resident Pehlu Khan was lynched by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan's Alwar district, police here have filed a charge sheet against his two sons and a truck operator for illegally transporting cattle. However, Pehlu Khan's name was mentioned in a summary of the case in the charge sheet, and he was among those booked under the state’s …

Congress exposed with charge-sheet against Pehlu Khan: Owaisi
5 years, 6 months ago

Congress exposed with charge-sheet against Pehlu Khan: Owaisi

India TV News  

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Congress party's double standards have been exposed with the filing of a charge-sheet by the Congress-led Rajasthan government against Pehlu Khan, who was beaten to death by cow vigilantes in 2017. The Hyderabad MP said that instead of ordering a fresh probe into the incident and doing justice to Khan's family, the …

Pehlu Khan posthumously booked for cattle smuggling
5 years, 6 months ago

Pehlu Khan posthumously booked for cattle smuggling

India TV News  

Under fire for the posthumous charge sheet filed against Pehlu Khan, who was beaten to death for alleged cow smuggling in Rajasthan's Alwar in 2017, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the investigation in the case was done by the former BJP government. However, in its charge sheet filed on Saturday, the Rajasthan Police posthumously declares Pehlu Khan a …

Indian Express, enough is enough: Pehlu Khan was a cow-smuggler
5 years, 6 months ago

Indian Express, enough is enough: Pehlu Khan was a cow-smuggler

Op India  

Indian Express can’t expect its readers—and I am one—to be polite any longer. Indian Express has published a front-page screamer today in which they inform the readers that the “dairy farmer” Pehlu Khan who was “lynched” by “gau rakshaks” in Alwar two years ago has been charge-sheeted by the Police as “cow-smuggler.” First thing first. Pehlu Khan was a “cow-smuggler” …

Alwar lynching victim Pehlu Khan, sons charged with cow smuggling; Ashok Gehlot blames BJP govt, assures re-investigation
5 years, 6 months ago

Alwar lynching victim Pehlu Khan, sons charged with cow smuggling; Ashok Gehlot blames BJP govt, assures re-investigation

Firstpost  

55-year-old Pehlu Khan, a native of Nuh in Haryana, was allegedly beaten up by self-styled cow vigilantes near Behror in Rajasthan on the Delhi-Alwar highway on 1 April, accusing him of smuggling cattle. We hoped for justice after the government changed but that didn’t happen.” Reacting to the posthumous chargesheet filed against Khan, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday …

Alwar lynching victim Pehlu Khan not charged, reports incorrect: Gehlot
5 years, 6 months ago

Alwar lynching victim Pehlu Khan not charged, reports incorrect: Gehlot

New Indian Express  

On 1st April 2017, Pehlu Khan was beaten up in Alwar's Behror town for allegedly transporting cows illegally. Police has presented another charge sheet in Bahror Court, in which Pehlu Khan, both his sons Irshaad and Aarif and the pickup driver Khan Mohammad were found smuggling the cows. The police has charged Pehlu Khan under the Rajasthan Bovine Animal Act …

Pehlu Khan case: Police finds no evidence of firing on Pehlu Khan’s sons and witnesses
6 years, 3 months ago

Pehlu Khan case: Police finds no evidence of firing on Pehlu Khan’s sons and witnesses

Op India  

Two days after it was reported that Pehlu Khan’s sons and witnesses, who were on their way to testify in the Pehlu Khan lynching case in April last year, were shot at by unknown assailants, Alwar Police has said that they have found no evidence of firing on them. According to reports, Pehlu Khan’s sons and witnesses and lawyer were …

Alwar Lynching: SC Seeks Rajasthan Govt’s Action Taken Report
6 years, 4 months ago

Alwar Lynching: SC Seeks Rajasthan Govt’s Action Taken Report

The Quint  

The bench, which also comprised Justices AM Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, also took note of the fact that only Maharashtra, Punjab and Chandigarh had filed compliance reports after the court had directed all states and union territories to take steps to deal with the offences of mob violence and cow vigilantism and file a compliance report by 20 August. …

Lower rank cops being targeted in Alwar lynching case, says BJP lawmaker
6 years, 5 months ago

Lower rank cops being targeted in Alwar lynching case, says BJP lawmaker

Deccan Chronicle  

Jaipur: BJP lawmaker Gyan Dev Ahuja on Tuesday said lower rank policemen were being targeted to shield senior officers in the case of the alleged lynching of 28-year-old Rakbar Khan in Alwar and demanded a judicial inquiry into the case. He also demanded action against former superintendent of police of Alwar and a probationary IPS officer and held them responsible …

Alwar lynching case: High-level committee set up to probe allegations against police over delay in taking victim to hospital
6 years, 5 months ago

Alwar lynching case: High-level committee set up to probe allegations against police over delay in taking victim to hospital

Firstpost  

The Rajasthan police on Monday set up a high-level committee to probe the allegations of delay against the Alwar police in taking Rakbar Khan to a hospital. Jaipur: The Rajasthan police on Monday set up a high-level committee to probe the allegations of delay against the Alwar police in taking Rakbar Khan to a hospital after he was allegedly lynched …

Alwar lynching case: Police took cows to shelter, stopped for tea before taking victim to hospital, say reports
6 years, 5 months ago

Alwar lynching case: Police took cows to shelter, stopped for tea before taking victim to hospital, say reports

Firstpost  

Soon after the Rajasthan lynching case, questions have been raised on how there was a three-and-a-half hour delay on the part of the police in bringing victim Rakbar Khan to the hospital, media reports said. A day after a man was lynched in Alwar on suspicion of cow smuggling, media reports have claimed that there was a three-and-a-half-hour delay on …

Alwar mob lynching: Third accused arrested; victim's autopsy report reveals fractured ribs, broken wrist
6 years, 5 months ago

Alwar mob lynching: Third accused arrested; victim's autopsy report reveals fractured ribs, broken wrist

Firstpost  

A day after two accused were arrested in the lynching of Rakbar Khan, on Sunday police held the third accused in the case, media reports said. A day after two men were taken into custody in the Rajasthan lynching case, a third accused was arrested by the police on Sunday, according to several media reports. Khan and his friend Aslam …

Third suspect arrested in Alwar after man killed for cow smuggling'
6 years, 5 months ago

Third suspect arrested in Alwar after man killed for cow smuggling'

Deccan Chronicle  

Alwar: Rajasthan police on Sunday made a third arrest in the brutal lynching of Muslim man, Akbar Khan, in Alwar on suspicion of cow smuggling, several reports claimed. 28-year-old Akbar Khan was beaten to death by a mob in Alwar’s Ramgarh on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday on suspicion of cow smuggling. Akbar Khan, a resident of Kolgaon …

Muslim man lynched by mob in Rajasthan on suspicion of cow smuggling
6 years, 5 months ago

Muslim man lynched by mob in Rajasthan on suspicion of cow smuggling

The Hindu  

In yet another instance of alleged cow vigilantism, a 28-year-old Muslim man was beaten to death in Rajasthan’s Alwar district on Friday night by a group of people on suspicion that he was smuggling cows. Mr. Gehlot said the human life had “no value” for the BJP and criminals disguised as vigilantes were roaming freely without fear of law. “The …

Want justice: Father of man lynched in Alwar on suspicion of cow smuggling
6 years, 5 months ago

Want justice: Father of man lynched in Alwar on suspicion of cow smuggling

Deccan Chronicle  

Alwar: A 28-year-old man was beaten to death by mob in Alwar’s Ramgarh late on Friday night on suspicion of cow smuggling. "Akbar Khan, a resident of Kolgaon in Haryana, and another man were taking two cows to their village through a forest area near Lalawandi village in Alwar last night, when a group of people severely thrashed Khan," said …

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