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 years ago for allegedly transporting the animals illegally. The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan had faced criticism a fortnight ago after a charge sheet was filed against Khan’s sons, Irshad Khan Aarif Khan, and a truck operator, Khan Mohammad, in the cow smuggling case. Alwar Superintendent of Police Anil Paris Deshmukh said Tuesday the police filed an application in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate on Saturday, seeking permission to further investigate the cow smuggling case.

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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 …

Jharkhand: 60-year-old man allegedly stripped, dragged tied to bike on suspicion of cow smuggling
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand: 60-year-old man allegedly stripped, dragged tied to bike on suspicion of cow smuggling

Live Mint  

In a shocking incident, a 60-year-old man was allegedly stripped and dragged after being tied to a motorcycle by three persons on suspicion of cow smuggling in Garhwa district of Jharkhand. The victim identified as Surswati Ram was on his way to Banshidhar Nagar Untari with his cattle on Friday when three persons intercepted and accused him of being involved …

Gehlot aims to counter BJP’s Hindutva plank
1 year, 3 months ago

Gehlot aims to counter BJP’s Hindutva plank

Hindustan Times  

Jaipur: To counter BJP’s Hindutva plank, the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan has proactively sought to woo Hindu voters over the last five years by allocating ₹3000 crore for the welfare of bovines, increasing the honorarium for priests, and spending on the development and renovation of temples. While the BJP has described Gehlot’s moves to woo Hindu voters as …

Cow smugglers flee after firing at cops in Rajasthan’s Deeg: Police
1 year, 3 months ago

Cow smugglers flee after firing at cops in Rajasthan’s Deeg: Police

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan’s Deeg police on Thursday said they came under attack from alleged cow smugglers in the district’s Mewat region, who fled away after firing at them. Rajasthan’s Deeg police conducting raids to nab cow smugglers The incident took place in the Kanwari village on early Thursday morning when the alleged smugglers carrying cattle in a mini truck were stopped by …

Monu Manesar to be brought to Gurugram on production warrant: Police
1 year, 3 months ago

Monu Manesar to be brought to Gurugram on production warrant: Police

Hindustan Times  

The Gurugram police will bring cow vigilante Mohit Yadav, better known as Monu Manesar, from Rajasthan to Haryana’s Pataudi in Gurugram district in connection with an attempt to murder case registered there in February, police officers aware of the matter said on Sunday. Read here: WhatsApp chats reveal link between Monu Manesar, Bishnoi gang: Rajasthan Police Varun Dahiya, assistant commissioner …

Rajasthan: 3 cow smugglers held in Dausa, one critically injured in police firing
1 year, 3 months ago

Rajasthan: 3 cow smugglers held in Dausa, one critically injured in police firing

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan’s Dausa police on Saturday morning arrested three alleged cow smugglers after an overnight search operation in which one of them was shot and critically injured during a gunfight with the police, said people aware of the matter. The incident took place on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway-21 around midnight on Friday when police tried to stop a vehicle of cow …

Explained | States’ lax response to lynching
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | States’ lax response to lynching

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court has asked the Ministry of Home Affairs and the governments of Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana to respond to a petition filed by the National Federation of Indian Women seeking an explanation for their “consistent failure” in the past five years to act against lynching and mob violence committed on …

Chhattisgarh: Hasan Khan arrested for having unnatural sex with a cow
1 year, 7 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Hasan Khan arrested for having unnatural sex with a cow

Op India  

In a repulsive act of beastliness, a cow has been reportedly raped by a cloth trader named Hasan Khan in the Bhilai city in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh. After the video of the heinous act went viral on social media, several outraged members of the BJYM and other Hindu organisations gheraoed the Jamul police station, demanding the accused be …

Mob and Justice: The Hindu Editorial on the sentence awarded to four men for the lynching of a Muslim dairy farmer in Alwar
1 year, 7 months ago

Mob and Justice: The Hindu Editorial on the sentence awarded to four men for the lynching of a Muslim dairy farmer in Alwar

The Hindu  

The thin line between culpable homicide and murder under Indian penal law is a subject of endless analysis, but it is not easy to accept this nuanced distinction in a case of mob lynching. A Sessions Court in Alwar district of Rajasthan has sentenced four men to a prison term of seven years for the lynching of a Muslim dairy …

Charred Bodies Case: Rajasthan Cops Get Concrete Evidence Against 8 Accused, Monu Manesar's Role Under Probe
1 year, 10 months ago

Charred Bodies Case: Rajasthan Cops Get Concrete Evidence Against 8 Accused, Monu Manesar's Role Under Probe

News 18  

The Rajasthan Police has got concrete evidence against eight accused named in the FIR registered after the abduction and murder of two Muslim men whose charred bodies were found in Haryana’s Bhiwani, officials said on Wednesday. However, the role of Monu Manesar, a member of Bajrang Dal, in the case is still being investigated, they said, adding the Rajasthan Police …

Cow vigilantism was reason behind Bharatpur killing: Rajasthan police
1 year, 10 months ago

Cow vigilantism was reason behind Bharatpur killing: Rajasthan police

Hindustan Times  

The Rajasthan police, probing the killing of two Muslim men from Bharatpur on Thursday in Haryana’s Bhiwani, have claimed that cow vigilantism was the reason behind the crime and all accused are from Haryana. The charred bodies of two Muslim men were found inside a vehicle in Haryana’s Bhiwani district on Thursday. A senior police officer familiar with the matter …

Rajasthan: Days after Dalit boy's killing, vegetable vendor lynched in Alwar
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajasthan: Days after Dalit boy's killing, vegetable vendor lynched in Alwar

Hindustan Times  

A vegetable vendor was reportedly beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of stealing a tractor in Alwar district of Rajasthan. Seven people have been arrested so far in the case, coming close on the heels of the brutal beating up of a Dalit boy sparking an outrage across the nation. A PTI report said the victim, a 45-year-old …

Indo-Bangla border cattle smuggling case: Delhi court takes cognisance of ED chargesheet filed against TMC leader
2 years, 8 months ago

Indo-Bangla border cattle smuggling case: Delhi court takes cognisance of ED chargesheet filed against TMC leader

Firstpost  

Special Judge Sanjay Garg issued summons against TMC youth wing leader Vinay Mishra, his brother Vikas Mishra and other accused persons in the matter New Delhi: A Delhi court has taken cognizance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against former TMC youth wing leader Vinay Mishra, the alleged kingpin of a cattle smuggling racket across the India-Bangladesh …

Boy killed after being hit by cow vigilantes’ vehicle chasing a truck
3 years, 4 months ago

Boy killed after being hit by cow vigilantes’ vehicle chasing a truck

Hindustan Times  

A teenager was killed after being hit by a vehicle of cow vigilantes, who were chasing a truck that was reportedly smuggling bovine in Alwar district of Rajasthan, the victim’s family has alleged. The incident occurred on Sunday in the Chupanki police station area in Bhiwadi near the Rajasthan-Haryana border where Sabir Khan was hit by the speeding vehicle in …

Cow Smuggling Case : Karnataka High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Three Accused
4 years, 1 month ago

Cow Smuggling Case : Karnataka High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Three Accused

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to three persons accused of smuggling cows and attacking police when their vehicle was tried to be stopped.The Court noted from the records that no serious allegations have been made against the three applicants. The Karnataka High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to three persons accused of smuggling cows and …

Police laughs as Rajasthan man seeks help when cow gets forcibly taken away by smugglers
4 years, 3 months ago

Police laughs as Rajasthan man seeks help when cow gets forcibly taken away by smugglers

Op India  

A shocking CCTV footage has emerged from Bharatpur, Rajasthan, where a bunch of men can be seen forcibly taking away a stray cow and pushing her in a van. In February this year, a police sub-inspector was injured when cow smugglers opened fire at cops when they were acting on specific input of cow smuggling. In October last year, in …

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 …

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 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 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: 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 …

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 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 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. …

Alwar lynching: Supreme Court seeks Rajasthan govt's action taken report
6 years, 4 months ago

Alwar lynching: Supreme Court seeks Rajasthan govt's action taken report

India TV News  

The Supreme Court today asked the Rajasthan government to state within a week what action it has taken in the case of the alleged lynching of dairy farmer Rakbar Khan on July 20, following its directions on the incidents of cow vigilantism. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the plea of Congress leader Tehseen Poonawala seeking initiation …

Alwar lynching: NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of Rakbar Khan's killing, issues notice to Rajasthan government
6 years, 5 months ago

Alwar lynching: NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of Rakbar Khan's killing, issues notice to Rajasthan government

Firstpost  

The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday sent a notice to the Rajasthan government over the death of a 28-year-old man in Alwar district New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday sent a notice to the Rajasthan government over the death of a 28-year-old man in Alwar district after he was allegedly thrashed by a mob on the …

Outrage grows over attacks on Muslim cattle traders in India
6 years, 5 months ago

Outrage grows over attacks on Muslim cattle traders in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — When a mob of Hindu villagers thrashed a Muslim cattle trader last week in western India, police rushed to the scene. Haroon Khan, a relative of the man who died in Rajasthan state last week, said the reason Rakbar Khan was taking the cows at night was “because we can’t venture out in daylight. “It was a …

Alwar lynching: Token administrative action, diktats futile; India's failing law enforcement apparatus needs overhaul
6 years, 5 months ago

Alwar lynching: Token administrative action, diktats futile; India's failing law enforcement apparatus needs overhaul

Firstpost  

In horrible lynching incidents like that in Alwar, one thing emerges with abundant clarity: no diktats from SC and no hurried deference from govt can help. But latest facts emerging from the tragic death of a 31-year-old Rakbar Khan in Alwar, Rajasthan, suggest that a new law on lynching is not going to solve the problems of the Indian criminal …

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 …

In Alwar lynching incident, police admit to ‘error of judgement’
6 years, 5 months ago

In Alwar lynching incident, police admit to ‘error of judgement’

Hindustan Times  

A four-member panel appointed to probe the circumstances surrounding the death of Rakbar Khan, a suspected cattle smuggler, admitted on Monday that there had been lapses on the part of the police. In his statement to police on Sunday, Aslam said the attackers shouted “We are MLA’s men” as they came after him and Rakbar. Sharma said he informed police …

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 …

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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