Police have identified the man who had spread the rumour.
Four Kashmiri students, who were arrested following rumours that they cooked beef in their hostel room in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh, have been released, police said on Thursday, claiming the meat in their posession was prima facie not of the cow.
The police have also identified the man who allegedly spread the rumour on a whatsapp group and legal action has been initiated against him, they said. "The four Kashmiri students were arrested and later released by the SDM court yesterday after they furnished personal bonds of Rs 25,000 each," Superintendent of Police, Chittorgarh, Prasanna Kumar said today.
"We have also identified a local man named Gaurav who had circulated the rumour on a whatsapp group which created tension on Monday night," he said. The students studying at a private university were allegedly manhandled by some other students after the rumour spread but police said the meat was not found to be beef. The Kashmiri youths were also alleged to have beaten up a local journalist when a crowd had gathered in front of the Mewar University to protest alleged cooking of beef.
The students were arrested yesterday under section 151 of CrPC (Arrest to prevent commission of cognizable offences). Kumar said the meat which was brought to the university by the Kashmiri students was not beef and it became clear during the investigation.
"We have verified it from the butcher that it was not beef. However, we have sent samples to the Forensic Science Laboratory and the report is awaited," he said. The officer said a notice was also served to the university after a few cases were registered in different matters involving its students in the recent past, including the episode related to the Kashmiri youths. "We have asked them to improve the situation and the university administration has assured they will ensure there is no problem related to law and order," the officer said.
We were a bit scared but all well now: Kashmiri students on beef row
A day after they were arrested following rumours that they had cooked beef inside a university in Rajasthan's Chhittorgarh district, the Kashmiri students today said they were a "bit scared" initially but the situation got better after police intervened.
"At that particular time, we were a bit of scared that a mob has arrived and we were confused... We had taken refuge in a room and early morning when we were handed over to the police and they took us to the custody and it was nothing, they were quite friendly," one of the four students told the media.
Asked why the police took them to custody, he said "actually they (police) didn't take us when the incident happened. We went to the Registrar's office and they asked us which meat that was and from where we had bought this.
"They asked us to show the shop from where we bought it and they took us along with them and we remained in custody for around 26 hours and it was a quite friendly atmosphere," the student said after their release.
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