After the Rajasthan High Court granted bail to Mohammed Javed, one of the accused in the 2022 murder case of tailor Kanhaiyalal. Propagandists have claimed that all the accused in the Pehlu Khan mob lynching case were acquitted without punishment. However, D-Intent Data has revealed that not all of the accused in the Pehlu Khan case were acquitted without facing consequences.
Responding to a post on X (Formerly Twitter), extremists and propagandist account @iamharunkhan said. โHe’s the son of “Pehlu Khan” who was Lynch to by “Hindutva Cow Militant” in Alwar, Rajasthan. He Said “Bheed ne papa ko mere samne bahut behrami se mara Lathi, belt, hockey se mara. Bheed ne bola in Musalmano par petrol chidakke aag laga do”. And Court acquitted all 6 accusedโ.
The truth about the claims about Pehlu Khan mob lynching case, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis about the Pehlu Khan mob lynching case. And found that not all of the accused in the Pehlu Khan case were acquitted without punishment.
To verify the claims made by the users, we performed a relevant keyword search on Google. This led us to media reports about the case verdict.ย
According to the media reports. Two teenagers were sentenced to three years in a ‘vishesh’ or ‘surakshit grah’ (special or safe home) in Jaipur in 2020. Additionally, In August 2019, six men accused were acquitted by a court in Alwar. The six men — Vipin Yadav, Ravindra Kumar, Kaluram, Dayanand, Yogesh Kumar and Bheem Rathi. Were given the benefit of doubt and acquitted.
Therefore, it is evident from verified sources that not all of the accused in the Pehlu Khan case were acquitted without punishment.
Intent
Propagandists are circulating false and self-invented claims about the Pehlu Khan mob lynching case to defend and justify the brutal murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in 2022.
Conclusion
Claim– All the accused in the Pehlu Khan mob lynching case were acquitted without punishment.
Fact– Two teenagers were sentenced to three years in a ‘vishesh’ or ‘surakshit grah’ (special or safe home) in Jaipur in 2020. Six people were given the benefit of doubt and acquitted.
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