Alwar lynching case: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea to shift trial from Rajasthan

The Supreme Court on Monday has agreed to hear next week the plea of the victim Rakbar Khan’s father in the Alwar lynching case, seeking court-monitored probe in the case and to transfer the trial out of Rajasthan.

Rakbar Khan, a resident of Haryana, and his friend Aslam were transporting two cows to Kolgaon through a forest area when they were attacked them thinking they were taking the animals for slaughter. While Aslam managed to survive as he hid in the fields, when the police brought Rakbar to a hospital, after a long delay, he was already dead.

Last week, the Rajasthan police filed chargesheet in the case in an Alwar court against the three accused who had been arrested. The 25-page chargesheet names Dharmendra, Paramjeet, and Naresh, who were arrested following Rakbar’s death.

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Dharmendra Yadav, Paramjeet Singh and Naresh are accused of murder in the chargesheet filed before an Alwar court, Ramgarh SHO Chauthmal Jakhad said.

The National Human Rights Commission and the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission had issued notices to the state government, seeking a report on the killing.

Khan and his friend Aslam had reportedly bought two cows from Ladpura and were taking them to their village in Haryana through a forested area near Lalawandi in Alwar district when they were attacked.

They have been charged under IPC sections 302 (murder), 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and 34 (act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).