Alwar, Sep 29: Unknown men attacked witnesses including deceased Pehlu Khan's son on Saturday morning when they were heading towards Behror to testify in Alwar lynching case. The witnesses were fired upon at NH-8 in Alwar. A black SUV without number plate tried to stop their vehicle and later shot at them, lawyer Asad Hayat alleged.

Witnesses Azmat and Rafiq and Pehlu Khan’s sons Irshad and Arif, along with driver Amjad and lawyer Asad Hayat were en route to Behror when the alleged attack took place. They said they don't trust Behror police and such incidents make it difficult to depose. The two witnesses were coming from Nuh in adjacent Haryana, where they live. Alwar Mob Lynching Case: Supreme Court Seeks Explanation from Rajasthan Government Over Pehlu Khan's Death.

"The black vehicle came near, and the men inside waved their hands, asking us to stop. We might have even stopped, but we didn’t as their vehicle did not have a number plate. Then their vehicle came nearer, and the men started hurling abuses at us, telling us to stop at once. Then they overtook us and fired upon us," Irshad, one of the son’s of Khan told Indian Express.

“We don’t have faith in Behror police because they gave a clean chit to the six witnesses named in the FIR. So we’re approaching the SP directly. How can we depose in such circumstances? The case should be transferred from Behror to Alwar,” he added. Alwar SP Rajendra Singh said the police would take necessary action if they approach us.

On April 1 last year, 55-year-old Pehlu Khan, along with his sons Irshad and Arif and Azmat and Rafiq, was on his way to Haryana in a pick-up truck after purchasing cattle in Rajasthan when gau rakshaks attacked them in Alwar. Khan, a dairy farmer, succumbed to his injuries two days later.

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