Cow vigilantes lynched Pehlu khan, the diary farmer.
2017-04-01
Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old Muslim man, was lynched to death on Friday when he had set out on the 240-km road trip from his home in Jaisinghpur village, in Nuh tehsil of Mewat, to Jaipur to buy a milch buffalo. A dairy farmer, he was hoping to increase milk production during Ramzan. But on Saturday, he decided to buy a milch cow instead, as the seller extracted 12 litres of milk in front of him and offered him a good deal. That decision cost him his life. “That was the worst decision ever. It took my father’s life,” said his son Irshad, 24. He and his brother, Aarif, were with Khan when they were attacked by gau rakshaks in Behror area of Alwar, on National Highway 8, on Saturday evening. Khan succumbed to injuries on Monday. Police said Khan and at least four others were attacked even as they produced documents to show that they had purchased the cows. “Gau rakshaks affiliated with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal stopped four vehicles, near Jaguwas crossing on National Highway 8, on Saturday evening, alleging that they were illegally transporting bovines. These vehicles were coming from Jaipur, and were headed towards Nuh district in Haryana,” said Ramesh Chand Sinsinwar, SHO, Behror police station. In September 2017, CB CID gave clean chit to all the accused named by Pehlu Khan before dying. Further in July 2019 Alwar court accepted the police plea to investigate a cow smuggling case against Pehlu Khan and his two sons In February 2018, Alwar police filed chargesheet against the surviving victims with allegations of cow smuggling.
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