Rajasthan court acquits six accused in 2017 Pehlu Khan case
Jaipur, Aug 14 (IBNS): A Rajasthan court on Wednesday acquitted six accused in the Pehlu Khan death case of 2017.
According to reports, they have been cleared on the ground of benefit of the doubt.
The incident had taken place in Rajasthan's Alwar area.
The hearing in the case ended on Aug 7.
Months after the Congress government came to power in the state, the Rajasthan police had chargesheeted dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, who was beaten to death by alleged gau rakshaks in Rajasthan's Alwar two years ago, over an alleged cow smuggling.
Khan was lynched by the mob.
A video of the incident had gone viral.
Of the nine people accused of murdering Khan, three are underage.
They are out on bail.
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