New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed shock Friday at the lower court judgment in the Pehlu Khan case and hoped that the new law against lynching in Rajasthan would set a good example by ensuring justice in the case.
“The lower court decision in the Pehlu Khan case is shocking. There should be no place for inhumanity in our country and the murder by a mob is a heinous crime,” Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
The Congress leader also lauded the Rajasthan government for bringing a law on mob lynching. “It is hoped that it will set a good example in getting justice in the Pehlu Khan case,” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said in another tweet.
An Alwar court Wednesday had acquitted all six accused in the lynching of Pehlu Khan two years ago. Pehlu Khan (55), his two sons and a few others were transporting cows from Jaipur when they were allegedly stopped and thrashed by a mob near Behror in Alwar district, April 1, 2017.
The Rajasthan legislative assembly had August 5 passed a bill providing for life imprisonment and a fine up to Rs 5,00,00 to convicts in cases of mob lynching involving the victim’s death.
It should also be stated here that the Rajasthan government has decided to challenge the verdict of the Alwar court acquitting all six accused in the high court. However, it has also come to light that the Alwar court in its final verdict wrote that there were several serious lapses in the police investigation into the case.
Agencies