A man was allegedly lynched today in Rajasthan's Alwar district by a group of people who accused him of smuggling cows, police said today.
Akbar Khan, 28, and his friend Aslam were taking two cows to their village in Haryana through a forested area near Lalawandi in Alwar district last night when five men attacked them, Ramgarh police station SHO Subhash Sharma said.
They suspected that Khan was smuggling cows but the allegation is yet to be verified, Sharma said.
The police arrested two men, even as Rajasthan chief Minister Vasundhara Raje promised stern action in the case.
The opposition Congress called it a horrific incident, which comes a little over a year after another Muslim man, Pehlu Khan, was allegedly killed by cow vigilantes.
Khan narrated the incident to policemen who arrived at the spot.
He died on the way to a government hospital in Ramgarh. Khan's family members have demanded quick action in the case.
"We want justice. The culprits should be arrested soon," his father Suleman said.
The police have registered a case of murder.
Jaipur range Inspector General Hemant Priyadarshi said two of the accused, Dharmendra Yadav and Paramjeet Singh Sardar, have been arrested,
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