Alwar Farmer Killing

Four people were sentenced to 7 years in prison by a Rajasthan court today for killing a farmer over the suspicion of cattle smuggling in 2018.

More than two years after a mob was caught on camera beating dairy farmer Pehlu Khan to death, a court in Rajasthan has acquitted six of the men seen in a video of the attack that was one of the key evidences of the prosecution.

An Alwar court on Thursday permitted the Rajasthan Police to reinvestigate a case of cattle smuggling against the sons of Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old dairy farmer who was killed by a group of cow vigilantes along the Jaipur-Delhi national highway on April 1, 2017.

After an NDTV investigation showed an accused in the mob killing of Alwar dairy farmer Pehlu Khan bragging about the attack

An NDTV investigation in which an accused in the lynching of Alwar dairy farmer Pehlu Khan was caught on hidden camera bragging about the attack, has left his family shocked. Nearly one-and-half years after his death, the accused in the case are roaming free on bail, pleading innocence before the authorities.

Rajasthan minister Gulab Chand Kataria today met the family of Rakbar Khan - the man who died in Alwar after facing attack from a violent mob who suspected him of cattle smuggling - and announced a compensation of 1.25 lakh for them. The action was a first. Last year, after the death of dairy farmer Pehlu Khan in Alwar in similar circumstances, the...

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has finally broken her silence on Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old farmer who was beaten to death earlier this month by suspected cow vigilantes in Alwar.

Two videos had brought out the horror of the Alwar lynching: 55-year-old dairy owner Pehlu Khan yanked by his neck, thrown to the ground, kicked by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan early this month. A fortnight later, a third video has emerged. This shows one of the five men arrested for Khan's murder being applauded and eulogised by the leader of the ...

Even as concerns rise about whether Rajasthan, that never reported suicides by farmers despite four years of drought, is turning into a state of farmer suicides, the state government is in damage control mode saying that the agricultural crisis isn't necessarily responsible for 11 farmers killing themselves in the last 45 days.

Four people were sentenced to 7 years in prison by a Rajasthan court today for killing a farmer over the suspicion of cattle smuggling in 2018.

More than two years after a mob was caught on camera beating dairy farmer Pehlu Khan to death, a court in Rajasthan has acquitted six of the men seen in a video of the attack that was one of the key evidences of the prosecution.

An Alwar court on Thursday permitted the Rajasthan Police to reinvestigate a case of cattle smuggling against the sons of Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old dairy farmer who was killed by a group of cow vigilantes along the Jaipur-Delhi national highway on April 1, 2017.

After an NDTV investigation showed an accused in the mob killing of Alwar dairy farmer Pehlu Khan bragging about the attack

An NDTV investigation in which an accused in the lynching of Alwar dairy farmer Pehlu Khan was caught on hidden camera bragging about the attack, has left his family shocked. Nearly one-and-half years after his death, the accused in the case are roaming free on bail, pleading innocence before the authorities.

Rajasthan minister Gulab Chand Kataria today met the family of Rakbar Khan - the man who died in Alwar after facing attack from a violent mob who suspected him of cattle smuggling - and announced a compensation of 1.25 lakh for them. The action was a first. Last year, after the death of dairy farmer Pehlu Khan in Alwar in similar circumstances, the...

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has finally broken her silence on Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old farmer who was beaten to death earlier this month by suspected cow vigilantes in Alwar.

Two videos had brought out the horror of the Alwar lynching: 55-year-old dairy owner Pehlu Khan yanked by his neck, thrown to the ground, kicked by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan early this month. A fortnight later, a third video has emerged. This shows one of the five men arrested for Khan's murder being applauded and eulogised by the leader of the ...

Even as concerns rise about whether Rajasthan, that never reported suicides by farmers despite four years of drought, is turning into a state of farmer suicides, the state government is in damage control mode saying that the agricultural crisis isn't necessarily responsible for 11 farmers killing themselves in the last 45 days.