At least three of the accused named in the FIR on the alleged murder last week of Rajasthan residents Junaid and Nasir have close ties with the police in Haryana’s Nuh district — as informers on suspected cattle smugglers, even accompanying police teams on raids.
Records reviewed by The Indian Express show that the three, Rinku Saini, Lokesh Singla and Shrikant, are described as informers in at least four FIRs lodged over the past two months in the Ferozepur Jhirka and Nagina police stations in Nuh.
They are among five accused initially named in connection with the alleged murder of Junaid and Nasir, and are part of cow vigilante groups. The list also includes Monu Manesar, a Bajrang Dal member and face of the cow protection task force of the Haryana government in Gurgaon. On Monday, the Rajasthan police added eight more persons on the list.
The FIR states that a police team was stationed near Nuh’s Agon village when “secret informer (guptchar) and cow vigilante (gau rakshak) Rinku” informed that five men involved in cattle smuggling would be travelling towards Rajasthan in a pick-up truck to slaughter cattle, and can be nabbed with barricades.
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