Ghatmeeka, Rajasthan: On 16 February, the police found a Bolero in the jungles near Loharu in Haryana. The car was charred; two men had been burnt alive. The two men were 25-year-old Nasir and 32-year-old Junaid. In relation, they were uncle and nephew. But the villagers recalled them as being friends.
Villagers say Junaid and Nasir were allegedly abducted by a mob and set ablaze by cow vigilantes. There’s an eerie silence in the village; everyone believes the heinous act was committed by a group of cow vigilantes, one of who is Monu Manesar, a popular Bajrang Dal member with a huge number of social media followers.
Jabir, Nasir’s cousin, alleges that the two men were grievously injured by the Bajrang Dal members. They were then taken to the Ferozepur police station in Haryana where the police refused to take them in fearing a probable death in custody.
As the visuals of the charred car went viral swiftly on social media, the name of Monu Manesar, a ‘powerful’ member of the Hindu right-wing outfit emerged.
The Rajasthan Police has booked nine people, including Srikant Pandit Lokesh, Rinku Saini, Srikant, and Monu Manesar under Sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 365 (abduction), 367 (kidnapping or abducting in order to subject a person to grievous hurt, slavery) and 368 (wrongful Confinement). Only one of them has been arrested.
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