TIA NEWS
Shimla (HP) Eleven people have been arrested from Punjab’s Mohali district in connection with the lynching of a cow trader in Sirmaur, Nahan in Himachal Pardesh two week ago.
Noman, who hailed from Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, had succumbed to his injuries when he was brutally attacked by a mob on October 16.
Those arrested in Mohalis include Arun Bhandari, Vinay Kumar, Akshya Thakur, Pankaj Sharma, Arun Kaushik, Vikas, Anshu Thakur and Tarun Dutt.
Three others — Mohan Singh, Joginder Singh and Ajmer Singh — were arrested from different locations in the district, a police official said.
They will be produced in before a magistrate tomorrow, the DSP said.
Meanwhile, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad today alleged that police had arrested innocent youth on false charges and without any evidence.
VHP leader Manoj Kumar claimed that the cow smuggler, Noman, died in Sarahan hospital hours after he was arrested by police, and demanded a judicial probe into the matter.
The VHP has already submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Himachal Pradesh in this regard, he said.
The cow trader from UP was lynched by a mob in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh on October 16.
Noman, who hailed from Rampur village of Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, had succumbed to his injuries in Sarahan hospital where he was taken.