A migrant shot dead
2015-12-09
Three days after Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced in Panipat that criminal cases against ‘gau rakshaks’ in Haryana would be revoked, an unidentified ‘cow protection vigilante’ team shot dead a migrant worker near Bhanukheri village in this district in the wee hours of Wednesday. The deceased, 25-year-old Khush Noor, is a native of Ballamajra village in Saharanpur. Another man, Ehsaan, suffered a minor injury and after being administered first aid was discharged from hospital. Superintendent of police Pankaj Nain told HT that there was no evidence to prove that cows were being smuggled in the vehicle or any other illegal activity was on. Inspector general of police, Karnal, Hanif Qureshi “A group of gau raksha volunteers had duly informed the police about possible movement of cow smugglers in the area on Tuesday late night. A police party was working with them and it has not been ruled out yet if our own men opened fire at the innocent persons killing one man. We are very closely monitoring those who were on duty and the volunteers on the spot,” “A case of murder and attempt to murder has been registered against the culprits. Our teams are close to final conclusions and even if a police employee or volunteer is found involved in the crime, strict legal action will be initiated,” he said. “Following their own networks or suspicions, cow protection volunteers work in coordination with the police authorities to nab cattle smugglers. Most of the times, these operations are undertaken by the police and these volunteers only remain present on the spot. However, on a few occasions the volunteers scuffle with alleged smugglers when police is not present on the spot. But no serious law and order is ever reported in Karnal range due to the volunteers,” he said
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