Faridabad teenager’s killing: No proof that accused men were part of cow vigilante group, say police

More than a week after a Class 12 student was killed in Haryana allegedly by men who mistook him for a cattle smuggler, the police claimed there was no evidence that the accused persons were part of a cow vigilante group, The Hindu reported.

However, the mother of one of the accused men told NDTV that her son is a “cow protector”, although she denied that he fired the bullet that killed the student.

The Class 12 student, Aryan Mishra, was shot around midnight on August 23 when he had gone out with his friends to eat noodles. The 19-year-old was rushed to a hospital, but died a day later.

Five men – Anil Kaushik, Varun, Krishna, Adesh and Saurav – were arrested in the case.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Aman Yadav claimed there was no evidence that the accused persons were part of a cow vigilante organisation. He said that it was a case of mistaken identity and that the shots were fired on account of a misunderstanding, according to The Hindu.

Yadav, however, said that the police were looking into both the claims of the accused persons and the possibility of them being cow vigilantes.

Earlier this week, reports had said that the accused persons had received information that cattle smugglers were...

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