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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HMPV cases: CM Siddaramaiah directs officials to take precautionary measures
Bengaluru (PTI): With two cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) detected in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said he has directed the health and medical education departments to take all the precautionary measures.
"There is information on HMPV or China virus infection in Karnataka. I have instructed the health department to take precautionary measures, I have also spoken to Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao. We -- Health and Medical Education departments -- will take all the precautionary measures to control it," Siddaramaiah said.
Briefing reporters here, he said the infections have been detected in two children. "Though it is not a dangerous virus, precautionary measures need to be taken."
"Whatever measures the health department suggests, the government will support all those measures."
The Indian Council of Medical Research has detected two cases of HMPV in Karnataka through routine surveillance for multiple respiratory viral pathogens, the Union health ministry earlier said on Monday.
A three-month-old female infant with a history of bronchopneumonia was diagnosed with HMPV after being admitted to Baptist Hospital in Bengaluru. She has already been discharged, the ministry said.
An eight-month-old male infant with a history of bronchopneumonia tested positive for HMPV on January 3 after being admitted to Baptist Hospital. He is now recovering, it said.
Neither of the patients have any history of international travel.
Meanwhile, the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) here has urged people not to panic as the virus is not as transmissible as Covid-19.
Emphasising that the respiratory virus primarily affects children, causing infections similar to the common cold, the directorate said in a release that hospitals have been instructed to report influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases.
To prevent escalation of the spread of the virus, people are advised to cover mouth and nose while coughing or sneezing, wash hands frequently with soap, avoid public places if symptomatic and close contact with sick persons.
The advisory further urged people not to reuse tissue papers or handkerchiefs, share towels and linen and avoid spitting in public places.
HMPV causes flu-like symptoms including cough, fever, nasal congestion, and shortness of breath. In more severe cases, it can lead to bronchitis or pneumonia, especially in young children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals.
The virus spreads through respiratory droplets, close personal contact, and touching surfaces contaminated with the virus followed by touching the mouth, nose, or eyes, it added.
