FIR against Pehlu Khan was a conspiracy: Ashok Gehlot

It is the duty of Rajasthan Police to ensure justice to Pehlu Khan’s family and the guilty are punished. We want to ensure this, Ashok Gehlot said.

Ashok Gehlot in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI)

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday alleged that the FIR against dairy farmer Pehlu Khan and his sons was part of a conspiracy by the previous Vasundhara Raje government.

Talking to journalists in New Delhi a day after the Rajasthan High Court quashed the FIR for illegal transportation of cattle against Khan, his two sons and the owner of their pick-up truck, as well as the subsequent chargesheet which was filed against them, Gehlot said, “We welcome the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court. This is a classic example before the nation where a person named Pehlu was lynched by a mob. And when it became an issue, the then government and the police — rather than ensure punishment to those who were guilty and act impartially — did two things to save their skin: they filed a counter case of illegal transportation of cows against Pehlu Khan and his sons.”

“This was carried out as part of a planned conspiracy so that the real culprits get away; this was the chaal (trick) of the then government and the police administration. They also filed a challan — we had just formed a government — and (and a challan was filed) within ten days; no one came to know because they had planned the conspiracy beforehand. Hence, they quietly filed a challan in the court, on December 31 [2018],” Gehlot said.

“Pehlu Khan is not in the world anymore but he has become a symbol of mob lynching – whenever there’s mob lynching in the country, the judiciary, bureaucracy, police and common people will remember Pehlu Khan. And it is the duty of Rajasthan Police to ensure justice to Pehlu Khan’s family and the guilty are punished. We want to ensure this,” he said.

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