A Vishva Hindu Parishad leader has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the lynching of Rakbar alias Akbar Khan on suspicion of cattle smuggling in Rajasthan's Alwar district in 2018.
Police said on Sunday that the VHP leader Naval Kishore Sharma was arrested three-four days ago and the case was being investigated by an ASP-rank officer. This is the fifth arrest made in the case.
Police had filed a charge sheet against four accused in 2019 and final arguments in the case are yet to be heard by the court.
Rakbar and his friend Aslam were beaten up severely by a group of people on suspicion of cow smuggling in Ramgarh on July 20, 2018.
Rakbar's family had accused Naval Kishore Sharma, the chief of Gau Raksha cell in Ramgarh, of leading a mob to beat him to death.