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Four more arrested in Ballabhgarh lynching case

Haryana Police on Wednesday arrested four people in connection with the Junaid Khan lynching that had taken place inside a…

Four more arrested in Ballabhgarh lynching case

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Haryana Police on Wednesday arrested four people in connection with the Junaid Khan lynching that had taken place inside a Mathura-bound train in Ballabhgarh last week.

The arrests were made a day after Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the perpetrators would be brought to justice.

Junaid, 15, was stabbed to death when he was returning from Delhi with his two brothers after Eid shopping. Junaid was stabbed to death, while his brothers Hashim, Sakir and friend Mohsin were badly beaten up.

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All four were thrashed all the way from Tughlakabad up to the Ballabhgarh railway station. They were thrown out of the train at Asaoti railway station in Palwal district.

Ramesh, 35, was the first accused to be arrested from his native place Palwal in Haryana late on Friday night for Junaid's murder. He was later sent in three-day police custody by a local court.

Earlier in the day, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu condemned the stabbing, saying, “Any incident of such nature is condemnable. It is brutal, atrocious. It will not be acceptable at all. People who are responsible for the same should be identified and dealt very firmly.”

On Eid, residents of Ballabhgarh wore black armbands in protest against the killing. The murder triggered pan-India protests under the banner ‘Not In My Name’.

(With inputs from agencies)

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