SIT Finds Multiple Lapses In Pehlu Khan Case Probe

Stage set for appeal in Rajasthan HC

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Rajasthan police, constituted to review the original investigation of the Pehlu Khan lynching case which resulted in the acquittal of all the six accused by a sessions court in Alwar last month, has found multiple lapses and irregularities in the probe.

The 84-page SIT report, submitted to Director General of Police Bhupendra Singh on Thursday, could set the stage for an appeal against the trial court’s judgment in the Rajasthan High Court. After the trial court’s indictment of the Investigating Officers (IOs), the Congress government, headed by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, drew criticism for not correcting the course of the probe during the seven months of its tenure prior to the judgment.