Alwar Mob Lynching: Rakbar was brutally beaten, reveals postmortem report

An assistant sub-inspector was suspended and three constables were shifted to Police Lines after media reports have alleged negligence on the part of police in the Alwar lynching case.

NEW DELHI: Shocking details have emerged in the recent mob lynching incident in Rajasthan’s Alwar where a witness claims that Rakbar was physically fit when he was handed over to the police. Naval Kishore Sharma, who is also part of a cow protection organisation, says that Rakbar was sitting upright inside a police vehicle. He also says that his clothes were changed in the police station and was later he later died in the police custody. Rakbar's postmortem which was published on Tuesday revealed that one of his hand, leg and ribs were broken. His body had 12 marks of injury. The reports states 'cause of death in this case is shock as a result of ante-mortem injuries sustained over body mentioned in PMR.' As per reports, Naval Kishore Sharma is the man who had placed a call to the police about the attack and accompanied the police for most of their three-hour journey through the area before Rakbar Khan was taken to the hospital. ABP News went to the place where the incident took place and talked to the owner of the tea shop where it is alleged that police vehicle with Rakbar in it stopped. Later, the police team had headed to the hospital. It is said that by the time Rakbar was taken to the hospital, he had already died. The tea stall owner confirmed that a police did stop at his tea stall but he could not confirm who was inside the vehicle. The Rajasthan police have also set up a high-level committee to probe the allegations of delay against the Alwar police in taking Akbar Khan to a hospital. It will also be probed whether the 28-year-old Akbar, alias Rakbar Khan, became a victim of police beating on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

What happened on Friday night

ABP News grab Akbar, along with his friend Aslam, were taking cows to their villages in Haryana through a forest area in Ramgarh area of Alwar, where they caught by a group of people. Aslam had managed to flee from there. A social worker of the region, Vijay Kumar, told IANS that Akbar and Aslam were taking bovines from the fields at midnight. When the animals cried out, some villagers came out and thrashed Akbar. Aslam, who had a narrow escape told ANI, "We both were going with our two cows. Upon seeing a speeding bike the cows ran into the fields where six-seven people were present, who fired at us. I ran away from the spot to save my life, later found that my friend was killed." Last year, Pehlu Khan (55) was lynched by suspected cow vigilantes in Alwar while he was transporting cattle. He died while undergoing treatment at a hospital two days later.