Pehlu Khan was brutually beaten by gau rakshaks in Rajasthan's Alwar and later died due to his injuries

Pehlu Khan, the around 50-year-old man who died in Alwar, Rajasthan after being brutally beaten up by a group of self-styled 'gau rakshaks', was a dairy farmer and not a cattle smuggler.

His brother revealed that they owned a dairy farm in Haryana's Mewat and often used to buy and sell cattle for their needs.

Meanwhile, an initial post-mortem report released today confirms that Pehlu Khan died due to injuries on his chest and abdomen that he suffered in the attack.

Khan was a part of a group of men that was transporting cows in a highway in Rajasthan's Alwar on Saturday. The group was stopped by self-proclaimed gau rakshaks who proceeded to brutally thrash. Khan later lost his life at an Alwar hospital on Monday.

Documents accessed by India Today had earlier showed that Khan had valid Jaipur Municipal Corporation receipts to transport cattle and that he was not in fact smuggling cows.

A Rajasthan minister, speaking after the incident, had indicated that both the attackers as well as the victims of the attack, Khan included, were to blame for breaking the law.

One of the reciepts procured by Phelu Khan and others One of the reciepts procured by Phelu Khan and others

ALWAR ATTACK - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A group of men, including Pehlu Khan, from Haryana visited Rajasthan last Saturday (April 1) to buy milch cows. According to an Indian Express report, Khan planned to buy a milch buffalo but decided to procure a cow instead after being offered a better deal. The men procured licenses from Rajasthan government offices, including the Jaipur municipality, to allow them to transport the cattle. The men were however stopped on National Highway 8 near the Jaguwas crossing in Behror, Alwar by self-styled cow vigilantes. The mob accused the men of transporting cows illegally and severally assaulted the men. The attack was caught on camera. Injured in the attack, Khan and the other men accompanying him were admitted to local hospitals in Alwar. Khan, however, died due to his injuries in Monday. The death was confirmed by local police on Tuesday. A local cop was reported to have identified the so-called gau rakshaks as being associated with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal. Following Khan's death, Behror police added charges of murder to the existing case of unlawful assembly, voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint, destruction of property, culpable homicide and theft. Interestingly, the men who came under attack were booked under the Rajasthan Bovine Animals (Prohibition of Slaughter & Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, 1995 even though they had the necessary paper work to transport the cows. After the case got national attention on Wednesday, reactions came in from different quarters. Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria, while criticising the attack, blamed the victims as well, saying, "The problem is from both the sides. People know cow-trafficking is illegal but they do it. Gau Bhakts [sic] try to stop those who indulge in such crimes." Late Wednesday night, Rajasthan police arrested three men for Pehlu Khan's murder. A News18 reported identified the men as Behror residents Vipin Yadav (19), Ravendra (32) and Kaluram (44). The three were reported to have confessed to the crime, but denied association with the VHP or the Bajrang Dal. An initial post-mortem report released today suggests that Khan's death did take place due to the injuries suffered by him in the attack. The report says that Khan suffered deadly injuries to his chest and abdomen. The dairy farm owner's viscera has been sent for laboratory analysis to rule out poisoning after which a final post-morterm report will be prepared.

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