16 arrested in Alwar lynching incident: Police

JAIPUR: As many as 16 persons have been arrested so far in connection with the alleged illegal transportation of cows and lynching of a man in Alwar district of Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday.

Eleven persons were arrested for illegal transportation of cows and five others were apprehended in connection with the lynching of 55-year-old Pehlu Khan, Investigating officer Parmal Gurjar said.

He said all of them are under judicial custody.

According to police, 16 persons were illegally transporting cows on April 1 when 'cow vigilantes' caught five of them and thrashed them badly.

The remaining 11 persons were caught by police and placed under arrest.

One of those thrashed, Pehlu Khan, died during treatment on April 3, while others are undergoing treatment, police said.

Gurjar said efforts were on to trace the remaining accused involved in the lynching incident. JAIPUR: An alleged cow smuggler was arrested after a shoot-out with police in Bharatpur district on Tuesday while two others who were transporting bovines illegally managed to escape, the police claimed on Tuesday.

"The smugglers fired six times at us and did not stop at the check post. We were able to puncture their truck tyre and arrested one of the three smugglers who were transporting 12 bovines illegally, after a long chase," SHO Kothwada Naresh Kumar told PTI.

According to police officials, after receiving a tip-off they had put up a check post near Dharamtal village.

They claimed that the smugglers did not stop at the check-post and fired at the police team which chased them.

One of the tyre of the truck which the alleged smugglers were driving burst after which they abandoned the vehicle and tried to flee, the police claimed.

Police officials said that they managed to nab one person identified as Irshaad from Haryana while two others managed to escape.

11 persons were arrested for illegal transportation of cows and five others were apprehended in connection with the lynching of 55-year-old Pehlu Khan, Investigating officer Parmal Gurjar said