Pehlu Khan: Raj govt moves HC against acquittal of 6 accused

ALWAR: Rajasthan government and the kin of the deceased on Thursday filed two appeal petitions against a sessions court’s decision of acquittal of all six accused in the Pehlu Khan case.
On August 14, almost two years after Pehlu Khan was lynched by a mob of cow vigilantes, the Alwar Sessions Court acquitted all the six accused in the case, giving them the benefit of doubt.  “The appeal against the Pehlu Khan verdict was filed at the Rajasthan High Court on Monday,” Additional Advocate General Major R P Singh told The Indian Express .
Trashed To Death For Transporting Cows Pehlu Kahn (55) was a dairy farmer from Haryana’s Muslim-dominated Nuh district. On April 1, 2017 he was thrashed by a mob when he was transporting cattle in a pickup van on suspicion of smuggling cows from Rajasthan to Haryana, which led to his death on April 3, 2017 in a government hospital.
Khan had told the crowd he was bringing the cows from a cattle fair, but they had screamed that he was planning to slaughter the cattle for beef.
The attack on Pehlu Khan and his two sons in the western state of Rajasthan by a suspected mob of cow vigilantes caused public outrage and demands for swift action.