The Uttar Pradesh police have started a probe into the cow slaughter case against the family of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched in his village in Dadri last year for allegedly storing beef at home.
The Jarcha police on Monday recorded the statement of the main complainant, Surajpal Singh, and also took a video.
Senior police officials told The Hindu the police would now visit the spot where Akhlaq was lynched and from where the meat sample was seized.
“The police will try to find out who was where at the crime scene at what time,” Superintendent of Police (Rural), Greater Noida, Abhishek Yadav said.
Cow slaughter caseEarlier this month, a local court in Surajpur had directed the Greater Noida police to register a case of cow slaughter against Akhlaq’s family under the UP Cow Protection Act, 1955.
The police registered a case against Akhlaq’s wife Ikraman, mother Asghari, brother Jaan Mohammad, daughter Shaishta and son Danish.
