Alwar: Man shot dead for 'transporting cows', another left crticially injured

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New Delhi : Self-styled gau rakshaks allegedly killed a man in Rajasthan's Alwar, while critically injuring his fellow passenger.

The 35-year-old man was transporting cows from Alwar to Bharatpur, when he was shot dead by the cow vigilantes, the locals said.  

Ummar Khan's bullet-ridden body was found on railway tracks on Friday evening. His body was kept at the mortuary of a government hospital. The victim's relatives on Sunday morning identified Khan, a resident of Bharatpur's Ghatmika village where he worked as a dairy farmer.

Tahir, an aide of Khan, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in neighbouring Haryana.

"The deceased and two others were transporting cows inside a pickup truck. As soon as they entered into the limits of Govindgarh, a mob of about 7 people waylaid their vehicle and began harassing them. They were calling themselves gau rakshaks and fired at Ummar Khan," said Iliyas, uncle of the deceased.

The police said that the third person Jawed Khan managed to flee the mob.

Several members of the Meo Muslim community gathered outside the district hospital in Alwar and demanded action against the cow vigilante groups. Ummar Khan's relatives filed a complaint against the assailants and alleged that Khan was shot dead by gau rakshkas.