2 Missing Rajasthan Youths 'Burnt' In Haryana. CM Gehlot Says 1 Accused Nabbed, Police Probe On

Two skeletons were found in a charred bolero in Loharu in Haryana's Bhiwani district. The case pertains to the alleged kidnapping of Nasir and Junaid, allegedly abducted by cow vigilantes.

Two skeletons were found in a charred Bolero in Loharu, Bhiwani district, Haryana.

Source : ANI

New Delhi: After two skeletons were found in a charred Bolero in Loharu in Haryana's Bhiwani district on Thursday, Bharatpur Range Inspector General Gaurav Srivastava informed that a missing report of two men was filed at Gopalgarh Police Station. The Police were told that both were in a Bolero car. The same Bolero car was found in burnt condition in Loharu and the deceased person's identification would be done only after DNA analysis, he said.

"A missing report of two men was filed in Gopalgarh PS, Bharatpur. Their mobile phones were switched off. We started looking for them and were told that they were in a Bolero car and were violently assaulted and kidnapped," Gaurav Srivastava told news agency ANI. 

"The same Bolero car was found in burnt condition in Loharu, Bhiwani district in Haryana. Two burnt bodies were also found. Their identification would be done only after DNA analysis. Special teams formed to nab those named in FIR filed by the victim's family. Those kidnapped were Junaid and Nasir. Junaid has five cases pertaining to cow smuggling against him," he added.

Family Accuses Bajrang Dal Members, Alleges Cow Vigilante Angle — Top Points

• Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot condemned the killing and informed that "Rajasthan and Haryana Police are taking action in coordination. One accused was taken into custody and search is on for the remaining accused. Rajasthan Police directed to take strict action."

  भरतपुर के घाटमीका निवासी दो लोगों की हरियाणा में हत्या निंदनीय है। राजस्थान एवं हरियाणा पुलिस समन्वय बनाकर कार्रवाई कर रही हैं। एक आरोपी को हिरासत में लिया गया है एवं शेष आरोपियों की तलाश जारी है। राजस्थान पुलिस को सख्त कार्रवाई हेतु निर्देशित किया है।

  — Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) February 17, 2023

• According to news agency PTI, Nasir and Junaid's families, in their complaint to the police, alleged the people who abducted them were from Bajrang Dal. They were allegedly abducted from Bharatpur district in Rajasthan by men said to be cow vigilantes, the report mentioned.

• In his complaint to the police, Junaid's brother Ismail accused Bajrang Dal activists, 'gau rakshaks' and the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) team of Ferozpur Jhirka in Nuh of first lynching the duo and then setting their bodies ablaze inside the vehicle, news agency IANS reported.

  "We have eyewitnesses who say the 'gau rakshaks' and the CIA team intercepted the duo. Scared for their lives, they tried to escape but the police rammed their vehicle into the Bolero. People saw the policemen and seven-eight 'gau rakshaks' dragging the victims into the CIA and taking them away. After beating them black and blue, the Bajrang Dal activists and the CIA team took them to the police station in Ferozpur Jhirka. But the police personnel there refused to take them into custody in view of their critical condition," alleged Ismail, as quoted by IANS.

• Former Haryana CM and Congress Leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the Bhiwani incident is a serious issue. "It signals that Haryana has no law and order. It seems there is no government in the state. The case must be investigated and the accused must get punished," ANI quoted him as saying.
  
  
• Nasir (25) and Junaid alias Juna (35), both residents of Ghatmeeka village of Pahari tehsil in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, were allegedly abducted on Wednesday and their bodies were found in the charred car in Loharu in Bhiwani on Thursday morning, PTI reported citing the police.
  
  
• Superintendent of Police, Bharatpur, Shyam Singh said an FIR has been registered at Gopalgarh police station against five persons on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victims’ family members. About the involvement of cow vigilantes in the incident, the police officer said it is a matter of investigation.
  
  
• Police said they identified the owner of the vehicle as Aseen Khan from the chassis number of the four-wheeler.
  
  
• The family members of the deceased were called and they also identified the vehicle, PTI reported the police as saying. The bodies were handed over to them after legal formalities, they added.
  
  
• Rajasthan Minister Pratap Kachariyawas said, "The police force and government are in action to nab the accused. We are committed to make Rajasthan a safe state (sic)", ANI reported.
  
  
• A case under relevant sections, including 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person) of the Indian Penal Code, was registered at Gopalgarh police station in Rajasthan, the Haryana Police said. 

Earlier, Loharu Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jagat Singh said that the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and other teams reached the spot. "There are chances that both victims died either due to a fire that broke out in the vehicle or were burnt to death," he said, as per ANI.

Police are also probing the possibility of the vehicle being driven to Loharu, some 200 kilometres from Bharatpur, and then set on fire.