Pehlu Khan was lynched, now he is chargesheeted by Congress government
NB: This action by the Congress-led Rajasthan government, is a marker of the barbaric cruelty of our justice system. We have created a heartless culture wherein murderers film themselves committing heinous crimes and high-class criminals and their thugs roam free with police protection. India's political vocabulary, replete with terms like 'secularism', 'pseudo-secularism' and 'Hindu Rashtra', is nothing but meaningless chatter. It shows us once more that communalism is a question of ideology, and only secondarily a matter concerning xyz political party.
It's no longer 'the idea of India' we need to discuss, but the idea of political murder. No doubt the bulk of our learned media pundits will let this pass by, as they have let so many other crimes pass in front of their eyes without blinking. Even Pehlu Khan's ghost may not rest in peace. I am so sorry, Pehlu bhai, I bow my head in shame. May Allah give you peace. Glory to modern India. DS
It's no longer 'the idea of India' we need to discuss, but the idea of political murder. No doubt the bulk of our learned media pundits will let this pass by, as they have let so many other crimes pass in front of their eyes without blinking. Even Pehlu Khan's ghost may not rest in peace. I am so sorry, Pehlu bhai, I bow my head in shame. May Allah give you peace. Glory to modern India. DS
The Rajasthan Police
have filed a chargesheet for cow smuggling against Pehlu Khan, the dairy farmer
who was beaten to death two years ago by a mob of gau rakshaks in Alwar for
transporting cattle, and his two sons. The chargesheet also
names the owner of the pick-up truck that was used for transporting the cattle
on April 1, 2017, when the lynching took place near Behror.
The latest
chargesheet, in which Pehlu Khan has been posthumously charged, was prepared on
December 30 last year, days after the new Congress government came into power
in Rajasthan, and was presented in the court of the Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate in Behror on May 29 this year.
The chargesheet accuses
Khan and his sons under sections 5, 8 and 9 of the Rajasthan Bovine Animal
(Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act,
1995.
Speaking to Indian Express, Khan’s eldest son
Irshad (25), who is named in the chargesheet, said: “We lost our father in the
attack by cow vigilantes and now we have been charged as cow smugglers. We had
hoped that the new Congress government in Rajasthan will review and withdraw
the case against us but now a chargesheet has been filed against us. We hoped
for justice after the government change but that didn’t happen.” Khan’s younger
son, Aarif, has also been named in the chargesheet.
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Aatish Taseer - Anatomy of a Lynching
A lynching is much more than just a murder. A murder may occur in private. A lynching is a public spectacle; it demands an audience.