4 accused worked as Haryana Police informers or complainants in cases against cow smugglers
Men found charred
Gurugram, Feb 21: Four of the five men initially named in the FIR registered after the alleged abduction and murder of two Muslim men from Rajasthan have turned out to be either informers or complainants in cases filed by the Haryana Police in the past few weeks against suspected cow smugglers.
Nasir and Junaid, both residents of Ghatmeeka village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, were allegedly abducted by cow vigilantes on February 15 and their bodies were found in a charred car in Loharu in Haryana's Bhiwani the next day. The family members of the deceased had named five men linked to the Bajrang Dal in their complaint to the police.
In its FIR lodged on February 16, the Rajasthan Police named five accused -- Anil, Shrikant, Rinku Saini, Lokesh Singla and Monu Manesar -- on the basis of the complaint lodged by the victims' family. Later, four more suspects' names were added to the FIR registered at Gopalgarh police station in Bharatpur.
As per the FIRs registered recently against suspected cow smugglers at Ferozepur Jhirka and Nagina police stations in Haryana's Nuh, Rinku, Lokesh and Shrikant are described as informers while Monu Manesar, a member of Bajrang Dal, is a complainant in an FIR registered at Sector 9A police station in Gurugram.
Rinku has been arrested by the Rajasthan Police.
As per the most recent FIR registered at Ferozepur Jhirka police station on February 14 hours before Junaid and Nasir were allegedly kidnapped, 'guptchar' (informer) and 'gau rakshak' (cow vigilante) Rinku informed the police that five cattle smugglers will be going towards Rajsthan in a Tata 407 carrying cows.
"A police team, along with Rinku, put up a barricade near Agon village and after 10-15 minutes, a Tata 407 reached there. After seeing the police team, the driver and his four associates jumped out of the vehicle and managed to flee. Guptchar Rinku also gave the name of the driver as Kalu and other four names. Ten cattle including eight cows were recovered from the vehicle," stated the FIR lodged by ASI Jamshed.
The FIR was registered under the provisions of Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015 and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
Another FIR registered on January 23 on the complaint of sub-inspector Balbir Singh at Ferozepur Jhirka station also mentioned the name of Rinku as "mukhbir khaas" and a member of gau raksha group.
An FIR registered on January 19 at Ferozepur Jhirka police station was also based on a tip-off from 'gau rakshak' Lokesh. As per the complaint of sub-inspector Kaliyan Singh, he got a tip-off from Lokesh that three men involved in cattle smuggling would be going to Rajasthan's Ghatmeeka village.
According to the January 19 FIR, the police reached the spot along with Lokesh. Two cows were recovered from the vehicle while its three occupants managed to flee. Informer Lokesh identified the accused and they were booked under the relevant sections, stated the FIR.
Two separate FIRs were registered on January 1 against the suspected cattle smugglers at Nagina and Ferozepur Jhirka police stations which were also based on the tip-off of cow vigilantes Shrikant and Rinku.
In an FIR registered at Nagina police station, police said a patrolling team was informed by Shrikant and his associate Sunil that a cattle smuggler was slaughtering an animal near Sultanpur village. A raid was conducted and police nabbed one Sahid alias Kala, the FIR said.
In the other FIR at Ferozepur Jhirka police station, police said they conducted a raid at a village in Nuh to nab four cattle smugglers, who managed to escape. They got tip-off about the accused by gau rakshak Rinku, the FIR said.
Aa per an FIR registered on January 16 at Gurugram's Sector 9A police station, Mohit alias Monu Manesar was stated as a complainant who is a member of the cow protection team and Bajrang Dal.
Monu told the police that cattle smugglers would come near Khandsa Mandi in Gurugram and take away stray animals from there to Rajasthan via Nuh in a pickup jeep, the FIR said. The vehicle was chased by the police who managed to catch one Shahid while the other five occupants of the vehicle managed to escape, the FIR said, adding three cows were recovered from the vehicle.
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JPC on Waqf Bill postpones study tour to Kolkata, Patna, Lucknow as members busy in election
Bhubaneswar, Nov 11: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 has postponed its study tour to Kolkata Patna, and Lucknow as many of its members are busy in elections, the panel chief said on Monday.
The JPC has completed its first phase of study tour to states like Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Gujarat to hear the versions of stakeholders on the Waqf Amendment Bill.
Opposition members boycotted the second phase tour, which started on November 9 and was scheduled to end on November 14. The panel held its meetings at Guwahati on Saturday and here on Monday.
“Many of my colleagues informed us that they have engagements in state elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Besides, by-polls are there in many states. So, they were not able to attend the meeting. On their request, I have decided to postpone the study tour,” JPC's Chairman Jagdambika Pal said here.
He said the study tour to Kolkata, Patna, and Lucknow will be rescheduled.
“We wish that all members of the panel should participate in the deliberations,” he added.
He said that the JPC had a ‘very successful’ meeting in Bhubaneswar on Monday and also in Guwahati two days ago.
During the day, the JPC held discussions with representatives from the Odisha government, state minority commission, state Waqf board, senior advocates, social activists and other stakeholders from the state for more than eight hours, Pal said.
"The stakeholders have given their views and opinions on the proposed Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024. Our Joint Parliamentary Committee will examine the views and incorporate the contents in its report", he told media persons earlier in the day.
Pal said it is the responsibility of the JPC to hear the stakeholders of Odisha and it is doing so.
"Whether someone has joined or not, it doesn't make any difference," he said when asked about the absence of the opposition members in the meeting.
The committee will submit its report to the Lok Sabha Speaker by the last working day of the upcoming winter session of the Parliament, he said.
The opposition members of the JPC had decided to boycott this tour, alleging that the chairperson was acting arbitrarily and their request to defer the trip was unheeded.
Since the formation of the JPC in August this year, the panel has held discussions with different stakeholders for over 100 hours in 25 formal sittings in New Delhi only, said Dilip Saikia, a member of the JPC.
"We have taken views and suggestions from different stakeholders including waqf boards, minority commissions and Muslim institutions/organisations," he said.
The MP said the panel has completed the first phase of the tour to various states including Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. However, the opposition members have boycotted the second phase tour starting from Guwahati on Saturday, which is "unfortunate", Saikia said.
"The waqf boards need to be accountable for proper management of its properties, to empower the poor Muslims and to give its benefits to marginal sections of society," he said.
Another member of the panel, Aparajita Sarangi, said, "About 38 lakh acres of land is under the control of Waqf boards in India. We need to rectify the governance system and administration."
Sarangi, the Bhubaneswar MP, said that representatives from 16 organisations have participated in today’s meeting. Many individuals have also submitted their views before the panel.
Prior to Bhubaneswar, the panel visited other major cities, including Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Guwahati, where discussions covered a range of issues surrounding Waqf property management and proposed amendments to the Wakf Act, 1995.
