AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi condemned the killing of two young men whose charred bodies were found in an unidentified Bolero in Haryana’s Bhiwani and triggered panic in the town. Asking Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah to respond to the brutal incident, Owaisi said, “I condemn in the strongest words the killing of Junaid and Nasir by an organised gang in Haryana. One Monu named in the incident is patronised by the BJP govt in Haryana. They’re responsible for this incident. Will PM and HM speak on this incident?”
“This is an inhuman killing of Junaid & Nasir by a so-called ‘Gau-Rakshak’ gang. These people are supported by BJP-RSS. These elements radicalised by BJP will turn against them tomorrow. Centre and the BJP government in Haryana should not protect and patronise such elements,” ANI quoted Owaisi as saying.
Meanwhile, Congress leader and state minister Zahida Khan asked to accept compensation while Bajrang Dal has denied all the allegations. Here’s what we know so far:
- Those who died were identified as Junaid and Nasir. They were kidnapped from Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district on Wednesday, their families alleged in their complaint to the police.
- Junaid had five cases of cow smuggling against him while Nasir had no criminal record.
- A kidnapping case has been filed against five men, suspected to be cow vigilantes, one of them including a Bajrang Dal member.
- The kidnappers have been identified as Monu Manesar, Lokesh Singhla, Rink Saini, Anil and Srikant. Monu Manesar is a member of the right-wing organisation Bajrang Dal.
- Bajrang Dal has denied all the allegations against the organisation.
- Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot condemned the incident and said that the police were asked to take strict actions against the perpetrators.
- The Loharu police said that both the victims might have been killed or they died because of the fire in the vehicle.
- Special police teams were found to apprehend those named in FIR filed by the victim’s family.
