Key Points
Four accused in the Rakbar Khan mob lynching case were sentenced to seven years of imprisonment by a court in Rajasthan's Alwar..
Another accused, Naval Kishor Sharma, a member of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, was acquitted in the case by the court...
Rakbar Khan was lynched to death in Rajasthan's Alwar district in 2018 on suspicion of cow smuggling...
However, Sharma was acquitted by the court while four other accused were found guilty in the case and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment...
Rakbar Khan (29), a resident of Haryana, was beaten to death by a mob of cow vigilantes on July 21, 2018..
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