Car Used to Abduct Junaid, Nasir Listed as Haryana Govt Vehicle, Possible Links to More Vigilante Violence ( The Wire )

Online car ownership records show that the car in question belongs to the Haryana Panchayat and Development department. Though police told The Wire that it has been 'auctioned off' recently, serious questions about possible linkages of this car with non-state actors calling themselves gau-rakshaks publicly on video have emerged.

Police with the Scorpio car that the accused allegedly used to take Junaid and Nasir from Rajasthan to Bhiwani, where they were further attacked.

New Delhi: The strings of the Junaid and Nasir murder case have been linked to a white Scorpio car that has been used in the past for abduction and violent activities, The Wire‘s investigation has found. The car is also listed in online ownership websites as belonging to the Haryana government.

According to the police, a white Scorpio car (license number HR 70 D 4177) is said to have been used for abducting Nasir and Junaid. The duo were later burnt to death in their own car.

Rajasthan Police reached the Jind district of Haryana in search of Vikas, an accused in the murder case, on February 22. The police searched the Goseva Dham Viklang Gaushala on Kaithal Road, where crippled and disabled cattle are housed, after being unable to locate him at his residence.

Here, the police recovered the Scorpio car that the accused allegedly used to take Junaid and Nasir from Rajasthan to Bhiwani, where they were further attacked. As per Rajasthan Police, blood traces were also found on the car’s seat.

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