He won't be a celebrity cause, no placards, no international press. Muslim mob lynches a Hindu on suspicion of being a thief.īut no one will know his name, because his name is not Akhlak or Pehlu Khan. They contrasted the muted coverage of Chiranji Lal’s lynching with the national and international uproar over deaths of Muslims like Akhlak (accused of butchering a calf), Pehlu Khan (accused of cattle smuggling) and Tabrez Ansari (caught red-handed while stealing a bike). Netizens on social media were spot on in observing how this brutal crime has gone literally unnoticed in national discourse. Police have launched an investigation into the matter,”Shyamlal Meena, ASI Govindgarh Police Station said. The victim had sustained grievous injuries and was taken to a hospital where he died. “Yogesh, son of Chiranji Lal Saini, lodged a complaint at the police station regarding the lynching of his father. The protestors also demanded a compensation of Rs 50 lakh and a job. The protesting villagers have said that Chiranji Lal Saini’s body will not be cremated till all the accused in the case have been nabbed. The incident sparked tension in the area and angry protestors surrounded the Govindgarh police station, demanding the arrest of the accused. Apathy of our secular state’s police, steeped in colonial-era mai-baap attitudes, toward victims is an unfortunate reality.

Interestingly, India Today states that “cops rushed him (Chiranji Lal) to the hospital”, but the complaint lodged by Yogesh says that cops left with the tractor and the family members took the victim to hospital. Upon seeing the police officers and owner,the thieves left the tractor in the field and when the owner arrived, he misunderstood Chiranji Lal as the thief and started thrashing him”. The India Today report says, “At a time when the victim was in the field, thieves after stealing a tractor were coming from the Sadar police station area and were being chased by police officials and the owner of the vehicle. The incident happened in Rambas village of Alwar district under Govindgarh police station limits. But he did not survive and passed away in the Jaipur hospital on August 15.Ĭomplaint to lodge FIR (Image Source: India Today) Yogsh and his family members rushed Chiranji Lal to a nearby hospital from where he was referred to Alwar, and from there to Jaipur. Soon after, the police arrived and took away the tractor, says the complaint (see below).

Hearing his cries, Yogesh and his uncles rushed to his aid and seeing them approach Khan and his men left.

These men were armed with lathis and iron rods. Suddenly, a tractor (stolen as per the India Today report) was driven into the field, and right behind it was a Scorpio SUV and a pick-up truck containing the tractor’s owner Vikram Khan (son of Jumme Khan) and 15-20 of his men. Chiranji Lal Saini (50) suffered such severe injuries that he died a day later in hospital, as the rest of the nation was celebrating Independence Day.Īs per the FIR lodged by his son Yogesh, Chiranji Lal had gone to the fields to relieve himself around 4.30 AM on August 14.

A poor Hindu vegetable vendor was brutally thrashed by a Muslim mob, allegedly because they ‘suspected him to be a thief’, in Rajasthan’s Alwar district.

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