New Delhi: Rajasthan has stopped internet service in Pahari, Kaman and Sikri tehsils of Bharatpur in connection with the death of youths in Ghatmika. 2G/3G/4G/5G mobile internet services will remain closed till 11 am on March 3. This step has been taken to avoid the spread of rumors on social media regarding the Ghatmika incident. Naseer and Junaid, residents of Ghatmika village in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, were allegedly abducted by cow vigilantes on February 15 and their bodies were found the next day in a burnt car at Loharu in Bhiwani, Haryana.
On February 16, five persons were booked at Gopalgarh police station under sections 302 (murder), 143 (unlawful assembly), 365 (kidnapping), 367 (grievous hurt followed by kidnapping) and 368 (wrongful confinement) of the Indian Penal Code. The FIR was registered under u/s 201 (causing destruction of evidence).
On February 18, a Rajasthan court sent an accused to police remand for five days, while Haryana authorities moved to cancel the arms license of Monu Manesar, one of the four arrested in the case .
Members of Hindu organisations, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal, staged a protest in Gurugram demanding a CBI inquiry into the matter. Gopalgarh police station in-charge Ramnaresh Meena said, “The arrested accused Rinku Saini was produced in the court today, from where he was sent on five-day police remand. The accused will be further interrogated.”
Saini, 32, a resident of Ferozepur Jhirka in Haryana’s Nuh district, was arrested on Friday night on the basis of interrogation and technical analysis. Rajasthan police said he worked as a taxi diver and was associated with a cow vigilante group. One of the main accused in the case is Bajrang Dal’s Gurugram district president Mohit Yadav alias Monu Manesar, who was a member of the district cow protection task force.
He was earlier named in a case of attempt to murder registered at Gurugram’s Pataudi police station on February 7 and police said they were trying to nab him. Officials said they have started the process of canceling his arms license.