Haryana: Class 12 student killed allegedly by men who mistook him for a cattle smuggler

A Class 12 student was chased in a car and then killed allegedly by men who mistook him for a cattle smuggler in Haryana’s Faridabad district, India Today reported on Tuesday.

Five members of a cow vigilante group have been arrested for the attack, which took place on August 23. They were identified as Anil Kaushik, Varun, Krishna, Adesh and Saurav.

The 19-year-old student who was killed has been identified as Aryan Mishra, according to NDTV.

Around midnight on August 23, Mishra had gone out with his friends Harshit and Shanky in a Duster car to eat noodles. The accused men told the police they had got information that cattle smugglers were carrying out surveillance in Faridabad and were travelling in Duster and Fortuner sports utility vehicles.

When the accused men saw the Duster car on August 23, they signalled for it to stop. However, according to the police, Harshit and Shanky had previously been involved in a dispute with a man and a case had been filed against Shanky. Due to this, they mistakenly believed that the same persons were signalling for them to stop the car, and so, they sped away, India Today reported.

The cow vigilantes then began chasing the Duster car, believing that the occupants were cattle smugglers. After...

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