Hyderabad: After a Rajasthan court yesterday acquitted all six accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi slammed the verdict.
The Hyderabad MP and said the shoddy prosecution led to the acquittal of the accused. He further stated that the accused in most lynching cases like to get filmed during the awful acts.
“But are we to now believe that no one killed Pehlu Khan? What will this deliberately shoddy prosecution tell his family,” he questioned. He further stated that since it is a judgement of a Court of Law it should be respected, but it was the government’s duty to prosecute effectively. He urged the Rajasthan government to file an appeal seeking conviction of the all the accused in a time-bound manner.
In April 2017, Pehlu Khan from Jaisinghpura village in Haryana’s Nuh district was assaulted by a mob for transporting cows. He died in hospital on 3 April 2017. This led to nation-wide outrageon cow vigilantes.
Meanwhile, hours after the verdict by the Alwar additional district judge, the Rajasthan government said it will file an appeal.