Alwar Mob Lynching: 28-year-old Rakbar Khan was beaten to death at Alwar in Rajasthan on Friday night
A man was beaten to death at Alwar in Rajasthan on Friday night by villagers who accused him of cow smuggling. The police have identified the man as 28-year-old Rakbar Khan, also known as Akbar. Villagers in Ramgarh saw two men with cows and attacked them, according to the police. The two were beaten up and one of them died on the spot.
Three men were arrested on suspicions of being linked to the case. The police said the men will be charged with murder.
State lawmaker Gyandev Ahuja, however, alleged that the man accused of cattle smuggling died not because of beating by crowds but in police custody, to which home minister Gulab Chand Kataria has said the guilty will be punished.
Amid anger over the killing of a man on suspicions of cow smuggling in Rajasthan, activist Tehseen Poonawalla has demanded action against the Vasundhara Raje government for failing to prevent repeated incidents of mob killings. Mr Poonawalla approached the Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear his plea on August 20 when the bench will hear other cases of mob killing.
Here are the updates from the Alwar lynching case in Rajasthan:
Assistant sub-inspector Mohan Singh has been suspended and two constable have been shifted to Police Lines as investigation into the matter pointed to lapses on part of the police.
Rakbar Khan (below) and his friend Aslam were attacked late at night when they were walking with two cows they were taking home. A mob of villagers accused them of cow smuggling and started hitting them with sticks and stones.
The centre will set up a high-level committee headed by the home secretary. The government has also decided to constitute a group of ministers or GOMs headed by the home minister to consider recommendation of the high-level committee. They will submit their recommendation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The centre today sought a report from the Rajasthan government on the alleged lynching of a man in the state's Alwar district on the suspicion of cow smuggling. The Home Ministry asked the Rajasthan government to provide details of the incident, the action taken to punish those involved in it and the steps taken to restore peace, an official said. The report has been sought as early as possible, the official said, news agency Press Trust of India reported.
The home ministry has sought a report from the Rajasthan government over the Alwar lynching case: news agency ANI
In Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge said cow vigilantes are involved in lynching incidents.
This government is encouraging the people who are committing these gruesome acts, he said according to news agency ANI. These acts are committed in the name of cow, child lifting and dalits. This government doesn't want Dalit community to come forward, he said, adding that the government wants to stop the progress of Dalits in the country.
Mr Kharge said the Prime Minister doesn't condemn such incidents.
"Brutal New India": Rahul Gandhi Attacks PM After Alwar Man's DeathThe delay in providing treatment to a man thrashed by a mob on suspicion of cow smuggling, which led to his death, has brought the focus on the Rajasthan police. First they failed to prevent repeated incidents of mob lynching in the state and then they took their sweet time in getting the critically injured man to the hospital."
"Brutal New India": Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Alwar lynching
Congress President Rahul Gandhi demanded to know why it took three hours before the victim was taken to a hospital which was just a few kilometres from the lynching spot.
In his tweet this morning, Mr Gandhi also targeted "Modi's brutal 'New India'" where hatred rules and "people are crushed and left to die".
"Policemen in Alwar took 3 hrs to get a dying Rakbar Khan, the victim of a lynch mob, to a hospital just 6 KM away. Why? They took a tea-break enroute. This is Modi's brutal "New India" where humanity is replaced with hatred and people are crushed and left to die," he wrote on Twitter.
Doctor who conducted Rakbar Khan's post-mortem, died due to internal bleeding caused by severe beating.
Jaiveer Shergill, a Congress spokesperson said Congress will not allow Hindustan to become lynchistan.
He said today there was an atmosphere of fear, whereas culprits were being protected.
High level probe ordered in Alwar lynching caseThe investigation into the Alwar lynching has been taken away from the local police and handed over to a senior committee of police officials.
Local police had reached the spot where the lynching occurred at 1 am and reached the hospital with the mob lynching victim, at 4 am.
Alwar Mob Lynching: Before Taking Mob Victim Rakbar Khan To Hospital, Rajasthan Cops Arranged Cow ShelterThe man who died in Rajasthan's Alwar after being beaten by a mob on suspicion of cattle smuggling, was in police custody for three hours 45 minutes before he was taken to a hospital early on Saturday, NDTV has found. The police arranged for vehicles to take the seized cows to a shelter, visited the police station - a stone's throw from the hospital -- and even stopped for tea before getting medical help for the injured man. By the time they did, he was dead."
The Supreme Court has today agreed to hear a contempt petition against the Rajasthan government for violating court directives in a mob lynching case in Alwar district.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said the plea would be heard on August 20, along with the main case by petitioner Tehsheen Poonawala.
Advocate Deepali Dwivedi, appearing for Poonawala, mentioned the Alwar lynching case before the bench seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against the Rajasthan government.