Cow smuggling charge against men accompanying lynching victim Pehlu Khan
February 01, 2018 18:56
Three men, who were travelling with Pehlu Khan when a mob of vigilantes lynched him, have been accused of offences related to cow smuggling in a chargesheet filed by the Rajasthan Police in a court in Alwar's Behror
town, officials said.
A fourth man, who owned the vehicle in which Khan and others were transporting bovines, has also been named in the chargesheet, they said.
The chargesheet was put up before the additional chief judicial magistrate in Behror town of Alwar district on January 24.
Khan's lynching in April last year had led to a massive furore. Following his death, the police had registered two cases one against the vigilantes over his killing, and another against Khan and his companions for allegedly being involved in cow smuggling.
In the chargesheet, the police has claimed that on the basis of statements of witnesses and evidence, offences under some sections the Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, 1995 were made out against Azmat, Rafique and Arjun Lal Yadav, according to official sources.
-- PTI
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