Pehlu case: activists seek probe on police inaction

Home Department should ensure a court-monitored reinvestigation and retrial in the case.

August 17, 2019 01:00 am | Updated 01:00 am IST - JAIPUR

FILE PHOTO: Irshad Khan, 24, holds a picture of his late father Pehlu, 55, in Jaisinghpur, India, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Irshad Khan, 24, holds a picture of his late father Pehlu, 55, in Jaisinghpur, India, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File Photo

After Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s promise to file an appeal against the acquittals in the Pehlu Khan lynching case, civil rights groups in Rajasthan have urged the State government to register cases of criminal negligence against the police officials, including the Investigating Officers, whose “faulty investigation” had led to the court acquitting the six accused for lack of evidence.

People’s Union for Civil Liberties - Rajasthan president Kavita Srivastava said the Home Department, besides filing an appeal in the High Court, should ensure a court-monitored reinvestigation and retrial in the case.

“This judgement will only end up emboldening those who take law in their hands, like the so-called cow vigilantes, who will now carry out targeted attacks on Muslims with impunity,” said Prem Krishna Sharma, a High Court lawyer and PUCL member.

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