Monu Monesar not directly involved in murder of two Muslim men, says Rajasthan Police

The Rajasthan Police on Monday said that Bajrang Dal member Mohit Yadav alias Monu Manesar was not directly involved in the murder of two Muslim men in February.

The police, however, clarified that they had not given him a clean chit and that he remained an accused person in the case.

On February 16, the charred bodies of two men named Nasir and Junaid were found in a car in Haryana’s Bhiwani after they were abducted by cow vigilantes from Rajasthan’s Bharatpur. Ismail, the brother of Junaid, had alleged that the victims were taken to a police station after they were assaulted by the cow vigilantes but the police in Haryana’s Nuh district refused to take them into custody.

In May, the Rajasthan Police filed a chargesheet against three persons, and kept the investigation against Manesar and 27 others pending.

On Monday, Rajasthan Director-General of Police Umesh Mishra said that police were now probing Manesar’s “indirect involvement” in the murders of Junaid and Nasir in February this year.

“The criminals who were present at the spot and were involved in the killing, he [Monu Manesar] is not among them,” Mishra told reporters. “However, we are investigating his indirect role in the killings.”

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