Dadri lynching: `Beef` not mentioned in chargesheet; juvenile named

The move can prove it hard for the victim’s counsel or prosecution to establish murder charges (302) against any specific person or persons as the chargesheet has not invoked conspiracy charges giving more precedence to charges of rioting. Yusuf Saifi, counsel for Akhlaq, said, “We had come to know one of the accused is not a juvenile”. But on Wednesday, police said the final forensic report was still awaited. In a breakthrough in the case, the police had arrested four persons on Monday for their alleged involvement in the lynching on September 28. Akhlaq’s son Danish was brutally beaten. Akhlaq’s daughter, Shaista, is one of the key witnesses in the case.

On September 28, Mohammad Akhlaq, 52, was dragged out of his home and beaten to death by a mob after announcements were made at a local temple that a calf had been killed.

Two more persons, Puneet and Bhim, were arrested on Wednesday while two others, identified by Danish continue to be absconding indicating a chance of a supplementary chargesheet in the case. It names three of the accused – Vishal (son of local BJP functionary Sanjay Rana), Shivam and Rupender – as the ones who had pressured the priest of a nearby temple to announce on a loudspeaker about Akhlaq having beef.

While Akhlaq died in a Noida hospital, Danish is slowly recovering after extreme head accidents and sophisticated surgical procedure. He added that two suspects have been nonetheless at giant. “They are the main witnesses”, a senior police officer said.

“While Saista had given a number of particulars, it took greater than two months to document Danish’s testimony since his situation was essential”. We attacked Akhlaq and his son, dragged Akhlaq till the transformer.

Police sources also said that the chargesheet mentions the list of evidence recovered from the scene of the crime and from the houses of some of the accused including sticks, samples of blood and a sewing machine, which was thrown on Danish’s head. The police said it has still not received a forensic report on the type of meat.

Akhlaq’s family had initially named 10 suspects, including Vishal and Shivam, who were all arrested in a span of three weeks.