Bhiwani 'double murder': Rajasthan police detain 6 after kin blame Bajrang Dal 'cow vigilantes'

Rajasthan police have detained 6 persons for questioning, a day after two men were found charred to death inside a car in neighbouring Haryana.

The families of victims Nasir and Junaid had claimed that they were abducted from Rajasthan's Bharatpur by Bajrang Dal cow vigilantes. Police said that half-a-dozen people are being interrogated, and those named in the FIR are associated with the Bajrang Dal. Cops added that it is not yet clear whether they were involved in the crime.

Police added that one of the victims - Junaid - was facing 5 cases of cow smuggling.

Superintendent of Police, Bharatpur, Shyam Singh said an FIR has been registered at Gopalgarh police station against five people -- Anil, Srikant, Rink Saini, Lokesh Singhla and Monu -- on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victims' family members and teams have been formed to nab the accused.

The accused have been booked under sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 365 (kidnapping), 367 (grievously hurt after kidnapping) and 368 (wrongfully keeping in confinement) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), he said.

Asked about the involvement of cow vigilantes in the incident, the SP said it is a matter of investigation.

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