Alwar, June 29
Two years after Haryana resident Pehlu Khan was lynched by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, the police here have filed a chargesheet against his two sons and a truck operator for illegally transporting cattle.
The issue triggered a row with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi charging that the Congress in power was the “replica of the BJP”. Owaisi was reacting to earlier reports that Pehlu Khan was also chargesheeted.
Though the case goes back to April 2017 when the BJP was in power in the state, the chargesheet is being filed months after the Congress took over. “The chargesheet was accepted by the court on May 24 against three persons under the Rajasthan Bovine Animal Act. Since Pehlu Khan had died, he has not been chargesheeted,” Alwar SP Anil Paris Deshmukh said. However, Pehlu Khan’s name was mentioned in the summary of the chargesheet.
The police maintained that the case against Pehlu Khan, his sons Irshad Khan (25) Aarif Khan (22) and truck operator Khan Mohammad stood proved in the investigation. They were charged under the Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, 1995.
Pehlu Khan and his sons were thrashed by a mob on the suspicion of cow smuggling in Alwar’s Behror on April 1, 2017. Pehlu Khan died at a hospital in Alwar on April 3. The Rajasthan Police registered a case against the people who allegedly lynched Pehlu Khan and thrashed his companions. Six men were named in the FIR which also mentioned about 200 unidentified persons.
Amid the row over the latest chargesheet, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot distanced himself from any role in the investigation. “Investigation into the case was done during the BJP rule. If any discrepancy is found, we will get the case re-investigated,” he said. “The Congress has not changed its stand on the issue,” he added. — PTI
No Cong role in probe: Rajasthan CM
Investigation into the case was done during the BJP rule. If any discrepancy is found, we will get the case re-investigated… The Congress has not changed its stand on the issue. Those who indulge in such killings on the pretext of ‘gau raksha’ won’t be spared. Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan Chief Minister
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