The charge sheet against Khan was prepared on December 30 last year, 13 days after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s government came into power in Rajasthan.
Rajasthan Police filed a charge sheet for cow smuggling against Pehlu Khan, who was lynched in 2017 by a mob of “gau rakshaks” in Alwar for transporting cattle, and his two sons.
55-year-old Khan, a native of Nuh in Haryana, was allegedly beaten up by self-styled cow vigilantes near Behror in Rajasthan on the Delhi-Alwar highway on April 1, accusing him of smuggling cattle. He succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital on April 3
There were two FIRs registered in the case. One was against the mob for beating Khan to death and second against him and his sons for allegedly transporting cattle illegally out of the state. The latest charge sheet pertains to the second case.
As Khan is already dead, the case against him will be closed. However, it will continue against his two sons, Irshad Khan and Arif Khan.
The police have filed a charge sheet against Irshad (25) and Arif (22) under sections 5, 8 and 9 of the Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, 1995, while charges have been framed against the deceased under section 6 of the act.
The charge sheet against Khan was prepared on December 30 last year, 13 days after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s government came into power in Rajasthan.
Section 5 of the RBA Act pertains to the prohibition of the export of bovine animals for the purpose of slaughter and regulation of temporary migration or export for other purposes, while section 6 says the transporter is also an abettor and is liable for the same punishment as the person committing the offence.
Section 8 is about the penalty for such offences while Section 9 mentions punishment for causing hurt to a bovine animal.
The police had earlier given a clean chit to the six people accused of lynching Khan, a dairy farmer. The police’s decision was reportedly based on statements of the staff of a cow shelter and mobile phone records.
(ANI)
