Pehlu Khan lynching: Priyanka hopes for justice under new Rajasthan law

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said that the acquittal of all six accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case is shocking. At the same time, lauding the Ashok Gehlot government's new law on lynching, Gandhi said that hopefully, this will give justice to Pehlu Khan, who was lynched in Alwar in 2017 for transporting cows.

New Delhi:Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday expressed shock at the lower court judgment in the Pehlu Khan case and hoped that the new law against lynchings in Rajasthan would set a good example by ensuring justice in the case.

"The lower court decision in the Pehlu Khan case is shocking. There should be no place for inhumaneness in our country and the murder by a mob is a heinous crime," she said in a tweet in Hindi.

he Congress leader also lauded the Rajasthan government for bringing a law on mob lynching.

"It is hoped that it will set a good example in getting justice in the Pehlu Khan case," she said in another tweet.

An Alwar court on Wednesday had acquitted all six accused in the lynching of Pehlu Khan two years ago.

Pehlu Khan (55), his two sons and a few others were transporting cows from Jaipur when they were allegedly stopped and thrashed by a mob near Behror in Alwar district on April 1, 2017.