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Rakbar Khan, a 28-year-old man from Kolgaon in Nuh, Haryana, was attacked by a mob on suspicion of cow smuggling near Lalawandi village in Alwar district, Rajasthan, on the night of 20–21 July 2018, and died before reaching hospital.[1][2] Police were criticised for taking about three hours to bring him to hospital.[1] In May 2023 an Alwar court convicted four men of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced them to seven years in prison.[2][3]

Incident

Rakbar Khan and his friend Aslam Khan were walking two cows from a village in Alwar district to their home in Kolgaon, Nuh, when a group of villagers attacked them in the Lalawandi area under Ramgarh police station on the night of 20 July 2018.[2][3][4] Aslam escaped, while Rakbar was beaten.[2]

Police were informed by a phone call logged at 12:41 am, but hospital records showed that Rakbar reached the community health centre in Ramgarh at about 4 am, where he was declared brought dead.[1] The caller, a local Vishwa Hindu Parishad cow protection cell leader, said police had stopped for tea on the way to hospital, and witnesses told NDTV and The Indian Express that they saw police beating Rakbar while he was alive.[1]

A four-member committee of senior police officers investigated the alleged delay, and an assistant sub-inspector who admitted there had been a delay was suspended while three other personnel were transferred.[1][5] In September 2018 police filed a chargesheet before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate in Ramgarh, charging three men with murder and naming a fourth who had not been arrested; police said investigation against two others was pending and did not describe the case as a mob lynching.[5]

Rakbar Khan's father petitioned the Supreme Court to transfer the trial out of Rajasthan, alleging that a BJP legislator from Alwar was influencing the investigation, and the court agreed in September 2018 to hear the plea.[4] The trial was held in Alwar.[2]

On 25 May 2023 Additional District and Sessions Judge Sunil Kumar Goyal in Alwar convicted Dharmendra Yadav, Paramjeet, Vijay Kumar and Naresh Kumar under Indian Penal Code sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 341 (wrongful restraint), and sentenced each to seven years in prison.[3][2] The court acquitted the fifth accused, the person who had called police, for lack of sufficient evidence.[3][6] The four convicted men had been on bail and were taken into custody.[3]

Reactions

The Ministry of Home Affairs sought a report from the Rajasthan government, and state minister Gulab Chand Kataria said action would follow if police delay was confirmed.[1] Director General of Police O. P. Galhotra said appropriate action would be taken if the inquiry found lapses, and BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja demanded a judicial inquiry.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Rajasthan: Police face questions over conduct in Alwar lynching case, probe moved outside town". Scroll.in. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Sumedha Sharma. "Alwar lynching: 4 sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment in Rakbar Khan case". The Tribune. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Rajasthan Court Holds 4 Guilty In 2018 Lynching Case". Outlook. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Alwar lynching: Supreme Court to hear petition to shift trial out of Rajasthan next week". Scroll.in. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Alwar lynching: Three accused charged with murder, no mention of police officials in chargesheet". Scroll.in. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "Rakbar Khan lynching case: Alwar court convicts four accused, acquits one". Scroll.in. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
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