Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court here on Wednesday ordered quashing of the FIR lodged against Pehlu Khan, his two sons — Arif and Irshad, and the pickup driver Khan Mohammad, saying the documents proved that the cattle was purchased for dairy purpose and not for slaughtering. An FIR was lodged in 2017 against them on […]
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Ashok Gehlot blames ex-CM Raje for lapses in Pehlu Khan probe – 2 min read
Jaipur: Blaming former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s government for reported lapses in the Pehlu Khan lynching case, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said his government has formed an SIT to investigate the case. The previous BJP government changed four Investigating Officers in the Pehlu Khan case, Gehlot said at a press conference here. […]
Lower court order in Pehlu Khan case surprising: Priyanka Gandhi -1 min read
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday described the lower court order in Pehlu Khan mob lynching case as “surprising” saying there should be no place for an inhuman act in our country and the Rajasthan government’s decision to bring a law on mob lynching is a welcome decision. “The lower court decision […]
Pehlu Khan case: Court finds serious lapses in police probe – 2 min read
Jaipur: As the Rajasthan government has decided to challenge the verdict of the Alwar ADJ court acquitting all six accused in the Pehlu Khan mob lynching case in the high court, it has come to light that the Alwar court in its final verdict wrote that there were several serious lapses in the police investigation into […]
All 6 accused in Pehlu Khan lynching case acquitted
Jaipur: Almost two years after Pehlu Khan was lynched by a mob of cow vigilantes, the Alwar sessions court on Wednesday acquitted all six accused in the case, giving them the benefit of the doubt. The judgement was announced in the court of Alwar additional district and session judge number-1, Dr Sarita Swami. The hearing of […]
Congress exposed with charge-sheet against Pehlu Khan: Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Congress party’s double standards have been exposed with the filing of a charge-sheet by the Congress-led Rajasthan government against Pehlu Khan, who was beaten to death by cow vigilantes in 2017. The Hyderabad MP said that instead of ordering a fresh probe into the incident and […]
My government didn’t name Pehlu Khan in charge sheet: Ashok Gehlot
Jaipur: Amid the row broke over Alwar lynch mob victim Pehlu Khan being named in a charge sheet, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday sought to clarify that the killed dairy farmer was not charged by his government. Stressing that his Congress is “ideologically committed against any kind of lynching anywhere in the country […]
Pehlu Khan booked posthumously, Gehlot assures probe into probe
Jaipur: Under fire for the posthumous charge sheet filed against Pehlu Khan, who was beaten to death for alleged cow smuggling in Rajasthan’s Alwar in 2017, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the investigation in the case was done by the former BJP government. “Only the charge sheet has been filed under our government. […]
Lynching victim Pehlu Khan’s son shot at in Rajasthan
Jaipur : Unidentified assailants on Saturday opened fire at a car in which Rajasthan lynching victim Pehlu Khan’s son Irshad, and other key witnesses in the 2017 case were going, officials said. They were on their way to a court in Rajasthan’s Behrod for a hearing. Pehlu Khan was lynched by a mob last year […]