The juvenile during his questioning told investigators that 22-year-old Danish had served as his private tutor for several years and that he was very close to him. The juvenile was supposed to appear for his 12th standard examination next year.
The juvenile accused of being part of the mob that lynched Mohamad Akhlaq was a student of Danish Saifi, the younger son of the deceased, who like his father, was ruthlessly attacked on suspicions of cow slaughter last month.
The juvenile during his questioning told investigators that 22-year-old Danish had served as his private tutor for several years and that he was very close to him. The juvenile was supposed to appear for his 12th standard examination next year.
The 17-year-old, who is accused number 3 in the FIR, was among the 10 persons who were identified by Akhlaq's wife. He was the ninth person to have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on the charges of murdering Akhlaq.
According to police records accessed by dna, the minor told investigators that Danish had always helped him with his studies and was quite popular among the other kids of the village. Danish, who was aspiring to join the Indian Air Force like his elder brother Sartaj, was grievously injured in the attack and is now undergoing treatment at an army hospital in Delhi.
The accused juvenile had been planning to leave Uttar Pradesh via Delhi after he came to know that the police had been looking for him. He is now booked under Sections 147,148,149,302,307, 427,458, 504 and 506 of IPC.
Investigation so far has revealed that all the accused had gathered outside Akhlaq's home in Bisara village of Dadri following an announcement made from loudspeaker of a temple. The announcement, according to police sources, was made by Vishal Rana, the son of a local BJP leader, who was arrested along with his cousin Shivam.
Interestingly, police records show the announcement from the temple as extra evidence gathered while questioning possible witnesses. The investigation into Akhlaq's murder starts with the mob entering his home and beating him. The FIR too has no mention of the announcement made from the temple.
The word 'beef' or cow meat also finds no mention in the FIR but has come up during questioning of the accused who have told police that they had gathered outside Akhlaq's home after they heard that he had slaughtered a calf.
Vishal, Shivam, Saurabh and Rupendra are said to have led the mob and checked the refrigerators for meat. Soon after the accused found meat, they started beating Akhlaq as well as Danish who had come to the rescue of his father. The rest of the accused joined in when Akhlaq was dragged out of the home.
While police officials maintained that the murder took place in a span of 25 minutes and did not seem like a premeditated plan, material evidence gathered by police suggests that the lynching of Akhlaq to some extent was organised. The material evidence includes sticks, iron rods and a spear-like weapon used to inflict injuries.
Among other material evidence gathered by the police is samples of Akhlaq's blood and mud from the scene of crime. The last identified accused in the murder is Hari Om who has managed to evade arrest so far. Four to five more persons involved in the gruesome murder are yet to be identified by the police.
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