New Delhi, July 23: Amnesty India has condemned the Rajasthan government for failing to control the rising number of hate crimes in the state. Citing the recent lynching of 32-year-old Rakbar Khan in Alwar, the human rights' body said the government has taken no cue from the lynching of dairy farmer Pehlu Khan in the same region last year.

Amnesty India, which is the Indian arm of the Amnesty International, has demanded the government of Vasundhara Raje to take stringent action against the police officials who allegedly delayed the admission of Rakbar to the local community health centre, which led to his death.

"The lynching of Akbar Khan in Alwar, where Pehlu Khan was lynched a year ago, shows the failure of the Rajasthan government to control hate crimes," said the statement issued by Amnesty India on Twitter.

Referring to the allegations which claim that the Alwar police took the victim to the Ramgarh police station and thrashed him before taking him to the hospital, Amnesty has demanded an impartial probe against all the police officials involved.

"Rajasthan Government should investigate the serious allegations of police negligence in getting medical help for Rakbar Khan, also known as Akbar, who was attacked by a mob in Alwar for alleged cow smuggling," it said.

According to the data collated by Amnesty, Rajasthan has the third highest number of alleged hate crimes in first six months of 2018.

The lynching Rakbar alias Akbar, a resident of Kol village in Haryana's Nuh district, was carried out on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

Reports claim the police arrived at the spot where Rakbar was beaten up at 1am. Despite the community health care being 20 minutes away from the spot, the hospital records showed that he was brought in at 4am. The doctors on duty found him dead on arrival.

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