Pehlu Khan Case: Police files charge sheet against two victims
Jaipur: Police has filed a second chargesheet following the death of Haryana dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, naming latter's two companions as accused and concludes that all three had indulged in ‘cow smuggling' under state laws.
The charge sheet is filed in the court of the Behror additional chief judicial magistrate.
Following Khan's lynching on April 1, police had registered two cases — one against Khan's murderers and another against Khan and his companions for ‘indulging in cow smuggling.'
Based on video footage of the lynching, police had charged nine men with the murder of Khan but another investigation in September last year had cleared six of them.
The January 24 chargesheet names four as accused – Azmat and Rafique -residents of Khan's village, Jaisinghpur in Haryana, Arjun Lal Yadav who was driving one of the two pickup trucks that were attacked and his father Jagdish Prasad.
Both Azmat and Rafique were injured in the attack and Yadav too was thrashed up, but he managed to run away.
"We didn't get any document to say that they were transporting the animals legally, that's why they have been found guilty of smuggling cows," an investigating officer told.
"We were attacked and beaten up by the mob, and now we have been made the accused" asked Azmat.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
