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.
DLSA secretary Kuldeep Sutrakar with the orphan children in Kalbeliya magra basti.
UDAIPUR: A day after the District Legal Services Authority reached the home of six orphaned children at Kalbeliya Magra basti in Badgaon block adjoining the city, voluntary organisations rushed to help the kids on Thursday. The parents of the kids were killed in an accident at Debari on September 18 last year. Follwoing DLSA chairman RP Soni’s instruction, secretary Kuldeep Suttrakar went to the basti on Wednesday and met the children.
The children’s father, Narayan (35), and mother Rekha (33) were ragpickers. After their death, the children were looked after by their grandmother Gama Devi (70) who received senior citizen pension of Rs 1,000 per month. Since the money was not sufficient for a household of seven members, the eldest boy also became a ragpicker.