Leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Nawal Kishor Sharma.
ALWAR: Almost three years after 31-year-old Rakbar Khan was killed allegedly by people who claimed to be cow vigilantes, the Alwar police investigating the case on Thursday arrested a leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Nawal Kishor Sharma.
Sharma had intimated the police and brought Rakbar to the spot where he was lynched. Police in its chargesheet had left investigation pending against Sharma and he is arrested now. “Yes, he has been arrested following incriminating evidence and a long investigation into the matter,” said Tejashwini Gautam, superintendent of police, Alwar.
On July 20, 2018, Khan a resident of Haryana, was killed in Alwar while he was transporting cows to his village Kolgaon. He had purchased cows from Ladpura.
File pic of mining at Banshi Paharpur hills in Bharatpur.
JAIPUR: The Centre has given in-principle approval to free up 398 hectares of forest land in the vicinity of Bharatpur’s Band Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary to mine state’s famous red sandstone and ensure a steady supply of the material to Ayodhya for the ongoing construction of a grand Ram temple.
The move to denotify protected forest land under Banshi Pahadpur block and hand it over to the department of mining and geology is part of a larger plan to allow regulated mining with minimal environmental impact and simultaneous afforestation.
“In the 398 hectares that are to be diverted, we expect to develop about 70 mining blocks and auction those,” additional chief secretary (mines and petroleum) Subodh Agarwal said.